{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/sco/rev002.htm","path":"bib/cmt/sco/rev002.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/sco/rev002.htm","text":"The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]\nNicolaitanes\nFrom Greek, \"nikao\", \"to conquer,\" and Greek, \"laos\", \"the people,\" or \"laity.\" There is no ancient authority for a sect of the Nicolaitanes. If the word is symbolic, it refers to the earliest form of the notion of a priestly order, or \"clergy,\" which later divided an equal brotherhood (Mat 23:8) into \"priests\" and \"laity.\" What in Ephesus was \"deeds\" (Rev 2:6) had become in Pergamos a \"doctrine (Rev 2:15).\n(Rev 2:15).\nContrast (Pe1 5:2); (Pe1 5:3); (Mat 24:49).\nangel\n(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4).\nThe \"doctrine\" of Balaam\nThe doctrine of Balaam\nCompare (See Scofield) - (Pe2 2:15);\n(See Scofield) - (Jde 1:11)\nwas his teaching Balak to corrupt the people who could not be cursed. (Num 31:15); (Num 31:16); (Num 22:5); (Num 23:8) by tempting them to marry women of Moab, defile their separation, and abandon their pilgrim character. It is that union with the world and the church which is spiritual unchastity. (Jam 4:4). Pergamos had lost the pilgrim character and was \"dwelling\" (Rev 2:13) \"where Satan's throne is,\" in the world. (Joh 12:31); (Joh 14:30); (Joh 16:11).\na white stone\nSignifies approval.","title":"The Scofield Bible Commentary: Revelation: Revelation Chapter 2","type":"page"}