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啟示錄第3章
給撒狄教會的信
1「你要寫信給撒狄教會的使者，說：『那有 神的七靈和七星的，說：我知道你的行為，按名你是活的，其實是死的。
撒狄教會遺跡 The ruins of a Byzantine style mortuary church “Church M,” discovered in 1910 during the excavation of the Temple of Artemis.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. photo by simonjenkins, Wikimedia Commons)
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Stanfield, Clarkson RA – 撒狄 Sardis. One of the Seven Churches(1834~5)(© Victoria and Albert Museum, London., V&A’s Search the Collections)
anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.032v Message to Sardis(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous England – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.008 Letter to Sardis(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
anonymous: Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: the Angel of the Church of Sardis撒狄 with Saint John(c.1180)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – To the Church in Sardis. The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Medieval Spanish – Beatus Escorial – 44 To the Church in Sardis(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 063r – To the Church in Sardis(970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonym (1. Hälfte des 9. Jahrhunderts) – Botschaft an die Gemeinde von Sardis(800~850)Trierer Apokalypse, ADEVA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Greek painter – Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f24r – Letter to Sardis(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
2你要警醒，堅固那剩下將要衰微（原文是死）的；因我見你的行為，在我 神面前，沒有一樣是完全的。
Hugo Simberg – The Garden of Death(1906)fresco in Tampere Cathedral, Finland 芬蘭坦佩雷大教堂的壁畫(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Hugo Simberg – The Garden of Death(1896)Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
3所以要回想你是怎樣領受、怎樣聽見的，又要遵守，並要悔改。若不警醒，我必臨到你那裡，如同賊一樣。我幾時臨到，你也決不能知道。
4然而在撒狄，你還有幾名是未曾污穢自己衣服的，他們要穿白衣與我同行，因為他們是配得過的。
Carl Frithjof Smith – After first Communion(1892)Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Charles Joshua Chaplin – Girl in Confirmation Dress at Prayer(c.1860)Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, United States of America(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
5凡得勝的必這樣穿白衣，我也必不從生命冊上塗抹他的名；且要在我父面前，和我父眾使者面前，認他的名。
Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov – Judgement Day(1885~96)fresco at St. Vladimir’s Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
6聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」
給非拉鐵非教會的信
7「你要寫信給非拉鐵非教會的使者，說：『那聖潔、真實、拿著大衛的鑰匙、開了就沒有人能關、關了就沒有人能開的，說：
非拉鐵非 Philadelphia – Illustration from Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor illustrated…, With an historical Account of Constantinople, and Descriptions of the Plates…, London/Paris, Fisher, Son & Co. (1836-38), by Robert Walsh and Thomas Allom(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.035v Message to Philadelphia(c.1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(1909)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous England – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.009 Letter to Philadelphia(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – To the Church in Philadelphia. The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Medieval Spanish – Beatus Escorial – To the Church in Philadelphia(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – Valcavado Beatus f. 066v – To the Church in Philadelphia(970)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonym (1. Hälfte des 9. Jahrhunderts) – Botschaft an die Gemeinde von Philadelphia(800~850)Trierer Apokalypse, ADEVA(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Greek painter – Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f27r – Letter to Philadelphia(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Auftraggeber: Otto III. oder Heinrich II. – John writes to the Churches at Sardis and Philadelphia(c.1000)Bamberger Apokalypse Folio 8 recto, Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, MS A. II. 42(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
8我知道你的行為，你略有一點力量，也曾遵守我的道，沒有棄絕我的名。看哪，我在你面前給你一個敞開的門，是無人能關的。
Simon Marmion – The Holy Virgins Greeted by Christ as They Enter the Gates of Paradise(c.1647~70)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
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Raimundo Madrazo – An Old Church in Spain(1910)Frick Art Reference Library(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
9那撒但一會的，自稱是猶太人，其實不是猶太人，乃是說謊話的，我要使他們來，在你腳前下拜，也使他們知道我是已經愛你了。
10你既遵守我忍耐的道，我必在普天下人受試煉的時候，保守你免去你的試煉。
11我必快來，你要持守你所有的，免得人奪去你的冠冕。
Larkin, Clarence – The Judgement of Reward(1919) The Book of Revelation ; a study of the last prophetic book of Holy Scripture(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
12得勝的，我要叫他在我 神殿中作柱子，他也必不再從那裡出去。我又要將我 神的名和我 神城的名（這城就是從天上、從我 神那裡降下來的新耶路撒冷），並我的新名，都寫在他上面。
Hieronymus Bosch – The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things – Paradise(1500~1525)Museo del Prado, Madrid, (Spain)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
The New Jerusalem (Tapestry of the Apocalypse)(14th century)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license by Kimon Berlin, Wikimedia Commons)
13聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」
給老底嘉教會的信
14「你要寫信給老底嘉教會的使者，說：『那為阿們的，為誠信真實見證的，在 神創造萬物之上為元首的，說：
Pierre Nicolas Ransonnette – 老底嘉 Laodicea on the Lycus(1837)La terre-sainte et les lieux illustrés par les apôtres: Vues pittoresques, by Adrien Egron, Paris, Audot(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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anonymous Russian Old Believer – Walters Ms. W917 – Apocalypse by Andrew of Caesarea f.038v Message to Laodicea(1800)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Миниатюра из книги «Апокалипсис трехтолковый». Московская старообрядческая книгопечатня 1909 г., с древлеписьменной рукописи первой половины XVII в.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.010 Letter to Laodicea(c.1265~70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Oveco – To the Church in Laodicea(AD 970)Valcavado Beatus f. 071v. Santa Cruz Palace.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous Greek painter – Letter to Laodicea(17th century)Elizabeth Day McCormick Apocalypse, f31r(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Stephanus Garsia – Saint-Sever Beatus f. 083r – To the Church in Laodicea(11th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Silos Apocalypse – BL Add MS 11695 f. 077v – To the Church of Laodicea (crop)(10th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Auftraggeber: Otto III. oder Heinrich II. – John writes to the Church at Laodicea(c.1000)Bamberger Apokalypse Folio 9 recto, Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, MS A. II. 42(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
15我知道你的行為，你也不冷也不熱；我巴不得你或冷或熱。
16你既如溫水，也不冷也不熱，所以我必從我口中把你吐出去。
17你說：我是富足，已經發了財，一樣都不缺；卻不知道你是那困苦、可憐、貧窮、瞎眼、赤身的。
Rembrandt: The Parable of the Rich Fool(1627)Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
18我勸你向我買火煉的金子，叫你富足；又買白衣穿上，叫你赤身的羞恥不露出來；又買眼藥擦你的眼睛，使你能看見。
Carl Bloch – Healing of the Blind Man(1871)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
19凡我所疼愛的，我就責備管教他；所以你要發熱心，也要悔改。
20看哪，我站在門外叩門，若有聽見我聲音就開門的，我要進到他那裡去，我與他，他與我一同坐席。
Peter Carl Geissler – Jesus Christ, knocking at the door. Book of Revelations 3:20.(before 1872)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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William Holman Hunt – The Light of the World(1851~6)Manchester Art Gallery, UK(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
James A. Forbes – Stained glass window depicting Revelation 3:20(before 1917)Emmanuel-Howard Park United Church, Toronto, Ontario(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Mary of the Presentation Catholic Church (Geneva, Indiana) – stained glass, Behold I Stand at the Door and Knock, detail(2016)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
Stained Glass depiction of Revelation 3:20 “Jesus at the Door.” Window attributed to the Quaker City Glass Company of Philadelphia, 1912. Installed in St. Matthew’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina.(2011)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
21得勝的，我要賜他在我寶座上與我同坐，就如我得了勝，在我父的寶座上與他同坐一般。
Stephanus Garsia (and other unnamed) – Thousand years realm. The Saint-Sever Beatus, also known as the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever, (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat. 8878) is a French Romanesque illuminated Apocalypse manuscript from the 11th Century.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
22聖靈向眾教會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽！』」
Anonymous – Apocalypse flamande – BNF Néerl3 f.4r – Letters to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea(15th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)