Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Twelve pearls (dwdeka margaritai). These gate towers (pulwnev) were mentioned in verses Revelation 21:12 f. Each of these (cf. Isaiah 54:12) is a pearl, one of the commonest of jewels (Matthew 7:6; Matthew 13:46; I Timothy 2:9).
Each one (ana eiv ekastov). Distributive use of ana, but with the nominative (used as adverb, not preposition) rather than the accusative (as a preposition) as appears also in Mark 14:19; John 8:9; with kata in Romans 12:5, "a barbaric construction" according to Charles.
Street (plateia). For which word (broad way, odov understood) see Matthew 6:5, here the singular, but includes all the streets.
Transparent (diaughv). Old word (from dia, through, augh, ray, shining through), here alone in N.T.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 21:21:
Revelation 4:6
Revelation 11:8
Revelation 17:4
Revelation 21:12
Revelation 21:18
Revelation 22:2
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