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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.
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Revelation 21:14

Had (exwn). Masculine present active participle of exw instead of exon (neuter like to teixov), and the participle occurs independently as if a principal verb (eixen) as often in this book.

Twelve foundations (qemeliouv dwdeka). Foundation stones, old adjective (from qema, from tiqhmi), here as in I Corinthians 3:11 ff.; II Timothy 2:19, with liqouv (stones understood), though often neuter substantive to qemelion (Luke 6:48 f.; Acts 16:26). See Isaiah 28:16; Hebrews 11:10. Twelve because of the twelve apostles as foundation stones (Ephesians 2:20).

On them (ep autwn). On the twelve foundation stones.

Names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (onomata twn dwdeka apostolwn tou arniou). Jesus had spoken of twelve thrones for the apostles (Matthew 19:28); names of all twelve are here written, not just that of Peter, as some would argue from Matthew 16:18. As a matter of fact, Christ is the corner stone or akrogwniaion (I Peter 2:6; I Corinthians 3:10; Ephesians 2:20), though rejected by the Sanhedrin (Matthew 21:42 ff.). One may wonder if the name of Judas is on that stone or that of Matthias.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 21:14:

Mark 3:14
Revelation 10:2
Revelation 12:1
Revelation 14:19

 

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