page_title: Revelation 3
section_title: Textual witnesses
hierarchical_section_title: Revelation 3 / Text / Textual witnesses
context_page_description: Revelation 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. This chapter contains messages to the churches of Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea, three of the seven churches of Asia located in modern-day Turkey, continuing from the messages for the other four churches which appear in chapter 2.
context_section_description: Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others:
  Papyrus 115 (c. 275; extant verses 10-12)
  Codex Sinaiticus (330-360)
  Uncial 0169 (4th century; extant verses 19-22)
  Codex Alexandrinus (400-440)
  Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 1-19)
caption: The map of West Anatolia (formerly the province of Asia) showing the island of Patmos and the location of the seven churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation.