Revelation 2:9 meaning and explanation
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:9, Berean Standard Bible
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The risen Christ speaks to the church in Smyrna, a congregation facing affliction and material poverty, yet He calls them rich, meaning rich in faith and in God's sight. He also names slander from those who claimed to be Jews but were not, calling their assembly a synagogue of Satan.
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