Revelation 21:23-24 NLT,NIV,ESV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:23

23. in it—so Vulgate. But A, B, and ANDREAS read, "(shine) on it," or literally, "for her." the light—Greek, "the lamp" (Isaiah 60:19; Isaiah 60:20). The direct light of God and the Lamb shall make the saints independent of God's creatures, the sun and moon, for light. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:24

24. of them which are saved . . . in—A, B, Vulgate, Coptic, and ANDREAS read "(the nations shall walk) by means of her light": omitting "of them which are saved." Her brightness shall supply them with light. the kings of the earth—who once had regard only to their glory, having been converted, now in the new Jerusalem do bring their glory into it, to lay it down at the feet of their God and Lord. and honour—so B, Vulgate, and Syriac. But A omits the clause. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:23

Evidently there will be no sun and moon (and stars) in the new heaven because God’s glory will illuminate the whole earth (cf. Isaiah 60:19). The need for created light sources will end when the Creator Himself lives among His people. God illuminated the camp of Israel with His presence in the pillar of fire, and He lit the holy of holies with His presence between the cherubim. He will similarly dispel all darkness of all kinds in the new city. The Lamb is the radiance of the Father’s glory... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:23-27

The illumination of the city 21:23-27 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:24

The city will be so bright that it provides light for the whole new creation. The identity of the nations and kings mentioned is difficult to determine. The most probable explanation seems to be that the nations are groups of believers viewed according to their old creation nationalities, which they will retain in the new creation. The kings (rulers) probably are believing kings who ruled over nations during the old creation. [Note: See Thomas, Revelation 8-22, pp. 476-78, for 10 suggested... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

The Holy CityThe 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 heaven, in which the Lamb’s redeemed people will dwell for ever.1-8. The eternal dwelling-place prepared for the redeemed is seen from a distance (Revelation 21:1.), and the voice of God declares what it means (Revelation 21:3-6), and for whom its glories are (Revelation 21:7.).Three points come out... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:23

(23) And the city had no need of the sun . . .—Rather, And the city hath not need of the sun, nor of the moon that they should shine on (or, for) her; for the glory of God enlightened her, and her lamp is the Lamb. The Shechinah is again alluded to. Light is the emblem of knowledge and holiness. God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5). Christ the Lamb, came as the Light of the World. Now in the heavenly Jerusalem is the light seen as a lamp that burneth. The imagery is drawn... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:24

(24) And the nations of them which are saved . . .—We must omit, with the best MSS., the words “of them which are saved,” and read, And the nations shall walk by means of its light, and the kings of the earth carry their glory into her. The outlook of the prophet is from the loneliness and depression of the then persecuted and despised churches; but in the vision he sees her beautiful and enlarged and honoured. All nations and peoples flock within the walls: it is the echo of the ancient... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 21:1-27

Revelation 21:1 While I think of it, why is the sea (in that apologue of Attar once quoted by Falconer) supposed to have lost God? Did the Persians agree with something I remember in Plato about the sea and all in it being of an inferior nature, in spite of Homer's 'Divine ocean,' etc. Fitzgerald's Letters, I. p. 320. Revelation 21:1 Will not one of the properties of the spiritual body be, that it will be able to express that which the natural body only tries to express? Is this a sensual view... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

CHAPTER XVII.THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV.Revelation 21:1-27; Revelation 22:1-5.THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. We are introduced to it by one of those preparatory or transition passages which have already frequently met us in the Apocalypse, and which connect themselves both with what precedes and with what follows: - "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:23-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:24

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 21:1-27

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:1-27

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