Revelation 1:11

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saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

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The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.

The Seven Churches of RevelationAsia Minor showing the location of the seven churches addressed in Revelation.

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Asia refers to the Roman province in western Asia Minor (modern Turkey); Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea were its churches. Patmos, an Aegean island where John received the vision, frames Christ’s command to send its message to these congregations.

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Revelation 1:11 mentions Asia, Ephesus, Laodicea, Patmos, Pergamum, Philadelphia, Sardis, Smyrna and Thyatira.

Photo of Ephesus — Ephesus · Benh LIEU SONG