Rev 3:14 The name “Laodicea” is composed of two Greek words meaning “people” and “govern” or “judge”. The name Laodicea can therefore be translated into English as “people’s rule”. Laodicea, today’s Pamukkale in western Turkey, was a very rich city on the road to Colosse. The city was destroyed in an earthquake in 60 AD, about 35 years before the …