Revelation 21:18

Revelation 21:18

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.

23 ^aThe city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine¹ in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The building of the wall (h endwmhsiv tou teixouv). Or endomhsiv, elsewhere so far only in Josephus (Ant. XV. 9. 6, a mole or breakwater) and in an inscription (Syll. 583 31), apparently from endomew, to build in, and so the fact of building in. The wall had jasper (verse Revelation 21:11) built into it.

Was pure gold (xrusion kaqaron). No copula hn (was) expressed. The city shone like a mass of gold in contrast with the jasper lustre of the wall.

Pure glass (ualw kaqarw). Associative instrumental case after omoion. ualov (apparently from uei, it rains, and so raindrop) in N.T. only Revelation 21:18, Revelation 21:21.

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