Bible Location
Meaning: love of a brother · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Philadelphia was one of the seven churches of Revelation in Lydia. It is important because it is remembered as a faithful church receiving encouragement rather than rebuke. First appears in Rev 1:11.1
AI summary: Philadelphia matters because the risen Christ addresses it with unusual warmth and promise. Though possessing little apparent strength, the church is commended for endurance, loyalty, and open opportunity. The cross references present Philadelphia as a city of steadfast faithfulness and hopeful promise.1
Brotherly love, a city of Lydia in Asia Minor, about 25 miles south-east of Sardis. It was the seat of one of the “seven churches” (Rev. 3:7-12). It came into the possession of the Turks in A.D. 1392. It has several times been nearly destroyed by earthquakes. It is still a town of considerable size, called Allahshehr, “the city of God.” 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.