Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in THE synagogue, and in THE temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. – John 18:20

And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to THE synagogue. – Acts 18:7

I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are THE synagogue of Satan. – Rev. 2:9

Behold, I will make them of THE synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.-- Rev. 3:9 

Often, we run into those who reject and/or deny the generic use of the term "THE church" as they seek to gainsay and combat "Local Church Onlies." Such an intentional resistance to truth in the light of the generic use of "THE husband" and "THE wife" in scripture illustrates the length that some will go to establish the invisible, mystical, universal, ethreal church of all believers by taking advantage of the nuances of language.