3:14: “And for the messenger of the church in Ladoicea write [as follows]: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.” For the introduction see the comments on 2:1. Isaiah 65:16 speaks of “the God of Amen.” As “the Word of God” (19:13; John 10:35) who is God (John 1:1, 18; 20:28; 1 John 5:20), Jesus identifies himself as the “Amen”—God of Isaiah. Since “Amen” can mean both “faithful” and “true,”