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Smyrna

Asia · New Testament · 2 verses

A coastal city on the west of Asia Minor, north of Ephesus, modern Izmir. The name appears in Revelation in the King James text.

About Smyrna

A coastal city on the west of Asia Minor, north of Ephesus, modern Izmir.

Its place in the story

Smyrna is one of the seven churches addressed in Revelation. The church there was told it would suffer persecution and was urged to be faithful even to death.

Smyrna in Scripture (KJV)

“Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.”
Revelation 1:11 (KJV)
“And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;”
Revelation 2:8 (KJV)

Where it leads

To Smyrna the risen Christ promised the crown of life to those faithful unto death.

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Where is Smyrna in the Bible?

A coastal city on the west of Asia Minor, north of Ephesus, modern Izmir. The name appears in Revelation in the King James text.

What happened at Smyrna?

Smyrna is one of the seven churches addressed in Revelation. The church there was told it would suffer persecution and was urged to be faithful even to death.

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