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# General Information:

This is the beginning of the Son of Man's message to the angel of the church in Smyrna.

# the angel

Possible meanings are that this "angel" is 1) a heavenly angel who protects this church or 2) a human messenger to the church, either a messenger who went from John to the church or the leader of the church. See how you translated "angel" in [Revelation 1:20](../01/20.md).

# Smyrna

This is the name of a city in a part of western Asia that today is modern Turkey. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:11](../01/11.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])

# the first and the last

This refers to the eternal nature of Jesus. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:17](../01/17.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the beginning of the Son of Man's message to the angel of the church in Smyrna.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`# the angel`

FD issues 2018-08-30 20:52:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are that this "angel" is 1) a heavenly angel who protects this church or 2) a human messenger to the church, either a messenger who went from John to the church or the leader of the church. See how you translated "angel" in [Revelation 1:20](../01/20.md).`
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Smyrna`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This is the name of a city in a part of western Asia that today is modern Turkey. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:11](../01/11.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# the first and the last`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This refers to the eternal nature of Jesus. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:17](../01/17.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-merism]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00