REVELATION 21:12 @ta. ovno,mata# {C} Whether scribes considered that the words ta. ovno,mata were superfluous in the context, and therefore omitted them (a P 051 _al_), or that they were needed for t...
Verse Revelation 21:12. _HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH_] An almighty defense. _TWELVE GATES_] A gate for every tribe of Israel, in the vicinity of which gate that tribe dwelt; so that in coming in and g...
AND HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH - Ancient cities were always surrounded with walls for protection, and John represents this as enclosed in the usual manner. The word “great” means that it was thick and...
CHAPTER 21 Revelation 21:1 . And now the eternal state comes into view. “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and the sea is no more.” Thi...
REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. THE VISION OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah 65:17, and is derived from the belief that the present world w...
(_b_) THE MEASURING OF THE CITY. Revelation 21:9. seven bowls: _ cf._ ch. 16. Revelation 21:10. to a mountain: as in Ezekiel 40:2....
THE NEW CREATION (Revelation 21:1) _ 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had gone; and the sea was no more._ John has seen the doom of the wicked, a...
9 There came to me one of the seven angels who have the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me. "Come, he said, "and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." And he...
AND. Omit. HAD. having. TWELVE GATES. Compare Ezekiel 48:31. Both John and Ezekiel wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, and their specific descriptions refer to different cities. See Revelat...
_and had_ Lit. HAVING; but there is a break in the construction, at least as marked as that given by the A. V. _a wall great and high_ Its exact height is stated in Revelation 21:17. _twelve gates …...
ἜΧΟΥΣΑ. א reads ἔχοντι. ἜΧΟΥΣΑ. א* reads ἔχοντας, Primas[825] _qui habet_. [825] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. ἈΓΓΈΛΟΥΣ. Primas[826] has _angulos_. [826] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 12....
THE MEASURE OF THE CITY...
_JOHN IS SHOWN THE NEW JERUSALEM REVELATION 21:9-17:_ The description of the New Jerusalem had to do with the glory of God. There was security because of the gates and the walls that were great and hi...
THERE CAME UNTO ME ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS, &C.— A more particular description is now given of the new Jerusalem. _One of the seven angels_ (and most probably the same who had, ch. Revelation 17:1, &c...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XXI BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW _Text (Revelation 21:1-27)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are pass...
Strauss-' Comments The Vision of the New Jerusalem Chapter Revelation 21:9-27 _Revelation 21:9_ The heavenly messenger who bore the seven bowls of anger appeared again. John was invited to see the b...
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: AND. 'Aleph (') A...
__ Second Temple Section-The Holy City 6 This is written from the standpoint of the time when John wrote, at Patmos, hence all is put in the future tense. _ This is vital to a true understanding of...
THE HOLY CITY The enemies of the Lamb have been conquered. The Judgment is over. The old condition of things has passed away: cp. Revelation 20:11. Now St. John sees in a vision the blissful glory of...
TWELVE GATES] '_Four_ is the number which is the symbol of the world, _three_ that of God. _Twelve_, therefore, is the signature of the covenant people among whom God dwells. The enclosure of the Tabe...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 21 THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH - REVELATION 21:1-22 THE NEW *CREATION - REVELATION 21:1-8...
AND HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH... — Or, better (for the construction is continued), _Having a wall great and high, and having twelve gate-towers, and at the gate-towers twelve angels, and names inscrib...
CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV. Revelation 21:1; Revelation 22:1. THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. We are introdu...
ἔχουσα. The constr. becomes still more irregular, the participles agreeing with an imaginary nominative, ἡ πόλις, sugg. by ὁ φωστήρ. The inscribed names denote the catholicity of the church and its co...
“THE HOLY CITY” Revelation 21:9 The “new Jerusalem” is the redeemed Church united with her Lord in the act of governing the whole world. A city is obviously the seat of imperial rule. In that blessed...
The endless end of evil has passed before the vision of the seer, and he now observes the resultant order. The holy city appears. Toward a city of God men had looked through long generations. Now it i...
A walled city in John's day was considered a place of security. There are three gates on each wall, east, north, south and west. They each have the name of one of the tribes of Israel which may symbol...
(9) And had a wall great and high, [and] had (10) twelve gates, and at the gates (11) twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: (9...
(12) And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: (13) On the eas...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
The Real New World Order I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have friends in both places. --Mark Twain I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company --R.A....
But there was a new heaven and a new earth; but no more sea no separation, nor part of the world not brought into an ordered earth before God. Here we do not find any mediatorial kingdom. The Lamb is...
AND HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH,.... Not the Spirit of God, who separates, sanctifies, and preserves the saints, as Cocceius thinks, for this account respects not the church militant; nor the eternal de...
And had a wall great and high, _and_ had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are _the names_ of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: Ver. 12. _And h...
_And there came unto me one of the seven angels_ Most probably the same who had (Revelation 17:1, &c.) showed John the mystic Babylon and her destruction, and now shows him, by way of contrast, the ne...
AND HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH, AND HAD TWELVE GATES, AND AT THE GATES TWELVE ANGELS, AND NAMES WRITTEN THEREON, WHICH ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWELVE TRIBES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;...
The vision of the heavenly Jerusalem:...
THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH Revelation 20:11 has indicated that at the time of the Great White Throne the earth and the heaven flee away. Now John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and the earth had...
_ 12Also she had a great and high wall with twelve 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 three gate...
9-21 God has various employments for his holy angels. Sometimes they sound the trumpet of Divine Providence, and warn a careless world; sometimes they discover things of a heavenly nature of the heir...
AND HAD A WALL, that is, this city, by which is meant the church of God, HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH. Walls are for the protection and defence of a place; the higher and greater they are, the greater de...
Revelation 21:12 Also G5037 had G2192 (G5723) G2192 (G5723) great G3173 and G2532 high G5308 wall...
‘Her light was like a most precious stone, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal, having a wall great and high, having twelve entrances, and at the entrances twelve angels, and names written on...
Revelation 21:12. HAVING A WALL GREAT AND HIGH, HAVING TWELVE GATES. The walls of ancient cities were for protection against enemies, and of such protection there was no need here. But so important in...
HAVING A WALL GREAT AND HIGH (εχουσα τειχος μεγα κα υψηλον). John returns, after the parenthesis in verse Revelation 21:11, to the structure in verse Revelation 21:10, only to use the accusative εχο...
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Revelation 21:10 We feel instinctively the beauty and the grandeur of this passage descriptive of the Church of Christ when she shall have passed through the successive stages of her earthly warfare a...
Here we shall see a picture of what the Church of God is to be in the latter days; but inasmuch as this vision came out of heaven, it gives us an idea of what is in heaven already. Crowded as it is wi...
Revelation 21:9. And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb'...
Revelation 21:1. _And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea._ Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, severa...
Contents: The seven new things of the Kingdom age earth, peoples, Jerusalem, temple, light, Paradise (Chap. 22). CONCLUSION: It will be the perfect happiness of the saints, when Christ re-turns to rei...
Revelation 21:1. _I saw a new heaven and a new earth._ This was a welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Subterranean fires are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding on...
COME, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE BRIDE. Under the symbolism of [spiritual] Jerusalem, _the New Jerusalem,_ the wife of the Lamb [the church of Christ] is described. This Holy City is the Church Triumphan...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 21:12 The city’s HIGH WALL and TWELVE GATES symbolize absolute protection. The gates bear the names of Israel’s TWELVE TRIBES, and the Lamb’s
Verse nine to the end of the chapter inclusive is occupied with a new vision of this holy city New Jerusalem. An angel said: "Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife." And he showed h...
THE NEW JERUSALEM _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the temper of the...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 21:1 AND I SAW. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 20:11, etc.). Having described the origin and progress of evil in the world, the final overthrow of Satan...
_11 HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD: AND HER LIGHT WAS LIKE UNTO A STONE MOST PRECIOUS, EVEN LIKE A JASPER STONE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL;_ _ 12 AND HAD A WALL GREAT AND HIGH, AND HAD TWELVE GATES, AND AT THE GAT...
I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away (Revelation 21:1); Now, we are beyond the thousand years. The first heaven is passed away. Peter tells us...
Acts 26:7; Ezekiel 48:31; Ezra 9:9; Hebrews 1:14; Isaiah 54:12;...
And had [ε χ ο υ σ α ν τ ε]. Rev., more simply and literally, having. Gates [π υ λ ω ν α ς]. Properly large gates. See on Luke 16:20; Acts 12:13. Compare Ezekiel 48:30 sqq....
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB Revelation 19:1; _Revelation 21:1 and Revelation 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not diffi
Twelve angels — Still waiting upon the heirs of salvation....