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Term used by Jesus in the Book of Revelation to refer to persecutors of Christians

For the book by Stanisław Przybyszewski, see The Synagogue of Satan.

In the letters to the early Christian churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, Jesus makes reference to a synagogue of Satan (Greek: συναγωγή τοῦ Σατανᾶ, synagoge tou satana), in each case referring to a group persecuting the church "who say they are Jews and are not".

The verse has often been used to justify hatred against all Jews or particular subsets of modern Jews,^[1][2] which evangelical scholars broadly disagree with based on the fact that the suspected author of Revelation was likely Jewish.^[3]: 89

Passages from Revelation

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the first and the last, who was dead and came to life: I know your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich.

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