To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
Christ speaks here as the One bearing the sharp two-edged sword because Pergamos was plagued with corruptors of faith and morals; He comes resolved to fight them by the sword of His word. The word of God cuts every way, no heart too hard, no sin-habit too deeply rooted that it cannot divide them asunder.
AI summary
Commenting on Revelation 2:12-17
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write,.... Of the city of Pergamos; see Gill on Rev 1:11. In it was a church of Christ, but when it begun, and how long it lasted, is not certain. Antipas, who is mentioned, Rev 2:13; is thought, by some, to have been the pastor of it.
Verse 12. And to the angel of the church in Pergamos. . These things saith he which hath the sharp sword etc. . Compare . Professor Stuart suggests that when the Saviour, as represented in the vision, "uttered words, as they proceeded from his mouth, the halitus which accompanied them assumed, in the view of John, the form of an igneous two-edged sword." It is...