Sardis

In the Bible

To Sardis: you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead; wake up. Yet a few there have not soiled their garments and will walk in white.

Rev 3:1–4“To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead. Wake up and strengthen what remains, which was about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God. Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.

Here today

The temple of Artemis with a small Byzantine church at its corner, the rebuilt gymnasium and one of the largest ancient synagogues.

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