启示录 21:13-15 CUVS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 21:9-27

We have already considered the introduction to the vision of the new Jerusalem in a more general idea of the heavenly state; we now come to the vision itself, where observe, I. The person that opened the vision to the apostle?one of the seven angels, that had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, Rev. 21:9. God has a variety of work and employment for his holy angels. Sometimes they are to sound the trumpet of divine Providence, and give fair warning to a careless world; sometimes... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 21:9-27

It will be better to read the description of the city of God as a whole before we deal with it in detail. 21:9-27 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 carried me away in the Spirit to a 10 great and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, and it had the glory of God. 11 Its... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:13

On the east three gates ,.... On which were written the names of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan: on the north three gates ; on which were written the names of Reuben, Judah, and Levi: on the south three gates ; on which were written the names of Simeon, Issachar, and Zabulon: and on the west three gates ; on which were written the names of Gad, Asher, and Naphtali; see Ezekiel 48:31 . This denotes the collection of the saints from all parts of the world, who shall come from east,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations ,.... Christ is the one and only foundation of his church and people, of the covenant of grace, and of salvation; and of faith, hope, peace, and joy, and of eternal happiness, and so of this glorious state of the church; he will be the light and temple of it, the glory and safety of it; he will be all in all in it; but because he has been ministerially laid as the foundation, by the twelve apostles, for men to build their present and future... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:15

And he that talked with me ,.... One of the seven angels, Revelation 21:9 for not a man is the measurer of this city, as in Ezekiel 40:3 nor John, as of the temple, Revelation 11:1 but an angel, the same that showed to John this great sight: had a golden reed ; not a common measuring reed, or rod, as in Ezekiel 40:4 but one covered with gold, denoting the present glorious state of the church, being without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: to measure the city ; the new... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:13

On the east three gates - The city is here represented as standing to the four cardinal points of heaven, and presenting one side to each of these points. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:14

The wall - had twelve foundations - Probably twelve stones, one of which served for a foundation or threshold to each gate; and on these were inscribed the names of the twelve apostles, to intimate that it was by the doctrine of the apostles that souls enter into the Church, and thence into the New Jerusalem. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:15

Had a golden reed - Several excellent MSS. add μετρον , a measure; he had a measuring rod made of gold. This account of measuring the city seems to be copied, with variations, from Ezekiel 40:3 , etc. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:9-21

The spiritual commonwealth of the good. "And there came unto me one of the seven angels," etc. There is a spirit world. This is a fact, established by conclusive reasoning and accordant with the concurrent beliefs of mankind. This spirit world is a commonwealth. It has a social order. The existence of spirits destitute of gregarious instincts and social affinities is conceivable, and may be perhaps somewhere in existence in the great spirit world—the world of which the material universe... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:9-27

The New Jerusalem. We must see in this a portrayal of that holy community which is "the bride, the wife of the Lamb." It is the ideal representation of vital Christianity—Christianity as a system, but as a system embodied in the lives of men. The descriptions are of a glorious character. What can exceed the essential glory of the true Christendom, the true Church, the true bride, the veritable "wife of the Lamb"? It must not be separated from the heavenly, the final Jerusalem, the happy... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 21:9-27

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 21:9-27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:9-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:9-27

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