Revelation 2:13 meaning and explanation
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits. Yet you have held fast to My name and have not denied your faith in Me, even in the day when My faithful witness Antipas was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Revelation 2:13, Berean Standard Bible
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The risen Christ speaks to the church in Pergamum through John's vision. Pergamum was a major city of Roman Asia crowded with temples, including a great altar to Zeus and early emperor worship, which likely explains the stark phrase "throne of Satan." Jesus begins with knowledge of their setting, not a rebuke.
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