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Revelation 21:14
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12 Also she had a great and high wall with atwelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:  
13 athree gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.  
14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and aon them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.  
15 And he who talked with me ahad a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.  
16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand1 furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.  
17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
19 aThe foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,  
20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were twelve apearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. bAnd the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.  

The Glory of the New Jerusalem

22 aBut I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.  
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Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations - It is not said whether these foundations were twelve rows of stones placed one above another under the city, and extending round it, or whether they were twelve stones placed at intervals. The former would seem to be the most probable, as the latter would indicate comparative feebleness and liability to fall. Compare the notes on Revelation 21:19.

And in them - In the foundation of stones. That is, the names of the apostles were cut or carved in them so as to be conspicuous.

The names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb - Of the Lamb of God; the Messiah. For an illustration of this passage, see the notes on Ephesians 2:20.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Revelation 21:14:

Joshua 3:17
Revelation 12:1
Revelation 21:18
Revelation 21:19
Revelation 21:19

 

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