Revelation 3:7 (KJV)
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write These things saith he that is holy he that is true he that hath the key of David he that openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth
Cross-references
he that is holy. Re 4:8 Re 6:10 Ps 16:10 Ps 89:18 Ps 145:17 Isa 6:3 Isa 30:11 Isa 41:14 Isa 41:16 Isa 41:20 Isa 47:4 Isa 48:17 Isa 49:7 Isa 54:5 Isa 55:5 Mr 1:24 Lu 4:34 Ac 3:14
he that is true. Re 3:14 Re 1:5 Re 6:10 Re 15:3 Re 16:7 Re 19:2 Re 19:11 Re 21:5 Mt 24:35 Joh 14:6 1Jo 5:20
the key. Re 1:18 Isa 22:22 Lu 1:32
he that openeth. Re 5:3-5 Re 5:9 Job 11:10 Job 12:14 Mt 16:19
Philadelphia.Philadelphia, so called for its founder, Attalus Philadelphus, still exists in the town called Allahshehr, "the city of God," "a column in a scene of ruins." It is situated on the slopes of three or four hills, the roots of mount Tmolus, by the river Cogamus, twenty seven miles E. S. E. from Sardis, about long. 28 degrees 40', lat. 38 degrees 23'. The number of houses is said to be about 3,000, of which 250 are Greek, the rest Turkish; and the Christians have twenty-five places of worship, five of them large and regular churches, a resident bishop, and twenty inferior clergy.
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