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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Revelation 2:12

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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the angel: Rev 2:1, Rev 1:11 Pergamos: Pergamos, now Bergamo, the ancient metropolis of Mysia, and the residence of the Attalian kings, is situated on the river Caicus, about sixty miles north of Smyrna, in long. 27 degrees e lat. 39 degrees 11 minutes n. It still retains some measure of its ancient importance; containing a population of 15,000 souls, and having nine or ten mosques, two churches, and one synagogue. which hath: Rev 2:16, Rev 1:16, Rev 19:15, Rev 19:21; Isa 11:4; Heb 4:12 Revelation 2:13
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