Bible Location
Meaning: prince of joy · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Sardis was the capital of Lydia and one of the seven churches of Revelation. It is important because the church there received a warning about spiritual deadness beneath outward reputation. First appears in Rev 1:11.1
Place meaning
prince of joy
Coordinates
38.48, 28.11
First appears
Rev 1:11
AI summary: Sardis matters because Revelation uses the city to expose the danger of appearance without living faith. The church has a name for life but is called to wake up and strengthen what remains. The cross references present Sardis as a city-church of reputation, warning, and the call to renewal.1
Place meaning
prince of joy
Latitude
38.48
Longitude
28.11
Bible references
3
The metropolis of Lydia in Asia Minor. It stood on the river Pactolus, at the foot of mount Tmolus. Here was one of the seven Asiatic churches (Rev. 3:1-6). It is now a ruin called Sert-Kalessi. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.