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In the letters to the early Christian churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, Jesus makes reference to a synagogue of Satan (Greek: συναγωγή τοῦ Σατανᾶ, synagoge tou satana), in each case referring to a group persecuting the church "who say they are Jews and are not".
In Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, Jesus makes reference to a "synagogue of Satan" (συναγωγή τοῦ Σατανᾶ). At Revelation 2:9 we have: I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. [a] At 3:9 one reads:
The Synagogue of Satan explores the history of Satanism and its development, delving into the practice of witchcraft, sabbaths, black magic and Black Masses.The title is an allusion to two passages in the Bible, specifically Revelation 2:9 and Revelation 3:9, where the expression appears.
Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. [ 13 ] Verse 10
Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life" (2:9-10 NRSV). And to Pergamum: "I know where you are living, where Satan's throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives" (2:13 NRSV).
This agrees with verse 16 which states, that the woman "Satan had kept bound for eighteen long years." In the same manner the devil afflicted Job with various diseases (Job 2, see also Ps. 78:49 [2]). He further writes that, "the devil, therefore, made this woman crooked and bent, to compel her always to look down upon the earth." [3]
He compared the synagogue to a pagan temple, representing it as the source of all vices and heresies. [9] He described it as a place worse than a brothel and a drinking shop ; it was a den of scoundrels, the repair of wild beasts, a temple of demons, the refuge of brigands and debauchees, and the cavern of devils, a criminal assembly of the ...
A version of the parable also occurs in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas 20. [ 22 ] The plant referred to here is generally considered to be black mustard , a large annual plant up to 9 feet (2.7 m) tall, [ 23 ] but growing from a proverbially small seed: [ 23 ] this smallness is also used to refer to faith in Matthew 17:20 and Luke 17:6 .