“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to them and eat with them, and they with me — the image of Christ knocking and awaiting invitation inverts the expected dynamic; even to the rejected Laodicean church, Christ offers intimate fellowship. Eating together (deipneō) signifies covenant communion and eschatological banquet anticipation.
Church Fathers on Revelation 3:20
“I persuade you to buy of Me gold tried in the fire.” That is, that in whatever manner you can, you should suffer for the Lord's name tribulations and passions. “And anoint your eyes with eye-salve.” That what you gladly know by the Scripture, you should strive also to do the work of the same. And because, if in these ways men return out of great destruction to great repentance, they are not only useful to themselves, but they are able also to be of advantage to many, He…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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