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Sardis was a city in Asia Minor.

Overview

Sardis is one of the Seven Churches mentioned in the Revelation of John.

The remains of ancient Sardis include the bath-gymnasium complex, the Jewish synagogue and Byzantine shops.

Sardis, in ancient sources

Revelation of John

Rev 1:10-11 -- 10 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

Rev 3:1-6 -- "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: "I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is on the point of death, for I have not found your works perfect in the sight of my God. 3 Remember then what you received and heard; obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. 4 Yet you have still a few persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5 If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels. 6 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

References

• Sardis / Marianne Palmer Bonz / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 1194-1196

External links

• Wikipedia