Revelation 3 · Verse 6

Revelation 3:6

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation 3:6, King James Version

Revelation 3:6 in other translations

BSB	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
WEB	He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
ASV	He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
YLT	He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies.
DARBY	He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
BBE	He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Webster	He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

What does Revelation 3:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. (See on Re 2:7.)

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. He that hath an ear, etc. Rev 2:7.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 He that hath an ear - The usual caution and counsel carefully to attend to the things spoken to the members of that Church, in which every reader is more or less interested. Epistle to the Church at Philadelphia

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Revelation 3:1-6

Chapter Outline Epistles to the church at Sardis; (1-6) at Philadelphia; (7-13) and Laodicea. (14-22) Verses 1-6 The Lord Jesus is He that hath the Holy Spirit with all his powers, graces, and operations. Hypocrisy, and lamentable decay in religion, are sins charged upon Sardis, by One who knew that church well, and all her works. Outward things appeared well to men, but there was only the form of godliness, not the…

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Revelation 3:6 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὁhoThe [one]G3588

ἔχωνechōnhavingG2192

οὖςousan earG3775

ἀκουσάτωakousatōhe should hearG191

τίtiwhatG5101

τὸtotheG3588

πνεῦμαpneumaSpiritG4151

λέγειlegeisaysG3004

ταῖςtaisto theG3588

ἐκκλησίαις.¶ekklēsiaischurches.G1577

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Revelation 3:6

Revelation 2:7
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Revelation 3:5
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 3:6
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:7
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;

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Revelation 3:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El que tiene oído, oiga lo que el Espíritu dice á las iglesias.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Que celui qui a des oreilles écoute ce que l’Esprit dit aux assemblées.
German Elberfelder 1871	Wer ein Ohr hat, höre, was der Geist den Versammlungen sagt!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Qui habet aurem, audiat quid Spiritus dicat ecclesiis.