An important city in northwest Asia Minor; one of the seven cities addressed in Revelation.
About Pergamum
A city just north of the Caicus River, in the southern part of Mysia (western Turkey). Pergamum was one of the most important cultural centers during the Hellenistic period (the time when Greek culture spread widely, about 323 to 31 BC).
Strabo, an early geographer who lived from 63 BC to around AD 24, said the area around Pergamum was the richest land in Mysia. The Bible only mentions it twice (Revelation 1:11; 2:12; King James Version “Pergamos”). Both times, it refers to Pergamum as one of the seven churches of Asia that John wrote to in the book of Revelation.
Key References
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
All Scripture References (2)
Revelation (2)
saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.