And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things says the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive;
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Bede
AD 735
Smyrna: He speaks to this church of enduring persecution, and its name also agrees with this. For Smyrna is interpreted "myrrh", which denotes the mortification of the flesh.
