Apocalipsis 21:1-2, Apocalipsis 21:27, Apocalipsis 21:6-8 NVI

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:2-8

2. John’s first vision of the New Jerusalem 21:2-8 read more

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 21:1

XXI.THE FINAL REGENERATION.—ALL THINGS NEW: NEW HEAVENS; NEW EARTH; NEW JERUSALEM (Revelation 21:1 to Revelation 22:5).THE NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH.(1) And I saw a new heaven . . .—The hope of the renewal and restitution of all things had been long cherished. Earlier prophets had sanctioned the hope: Isaiah had told of new heavens and new earth (Isaiah 65:17); Ezekiel had closed his prophecy with the splendid vision of a renewed land of promise (Ezekiel 40-48); Christ Himself had spoken of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:2

(2) And I John saw the holy city . . .—Better, And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared . . . The name John is omitted in the best MSS. The new Jerusalem is more fully described later on (Revelation 21:10 et seq.). The city is also the bride (comp. Revelation 21:9-10). Both images—the “city” and the “bride”—are familiar to the Bible student. The sacred city appears linked to God by a sacred bond. (Comp. Psalms 45:13-14; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah... 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

CHAPTER 21 Revelation 21:1-8 . 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.” This is the revelation concerning the final and eternal state of the earth. “Thou hast established the earth and it abideth” (Psalms 119:90 ); “But the earth abideth forever” (Ecclesiastes 1:4 ). These divine statements are now fulfilled. Many Christians have a very vague conception of the eternal... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 21:1

21:1 And {1} 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.(1) Now follows the second part of the history prophetic of the future estate of the Church in heaven after the last judgment, to Revelation 21:2 - Revelation 22:5 . In this are two things briefly declared. The station, seat, or place of it, Revelation 21:1 . Then her state and condition, in the verses following. Before the state of the Church described, is set... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 21:2

21:2 {2} And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.(2) The state of this glorious Church is first described generally to Revelation 21:3-8 , and then specially and by parts, in the verses following. The general description consists in a vision shown afar off, Revelation 21:2 and in speech spoken from heaven. In the general these things are common, that the Church is holy, new, the workmanship of God, heavenly,... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

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 no more sea. The earth is transformed. It is not a different earth, but a renewed earth, just as a sinner being renewed becomes a new creation in Christ. The sea is typical both of the nations in constant tumult (Revelation 17:15) and of the flesh in its swelling unrest and vanity (Isaiah... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 21:2-8

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 21:2

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

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

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 21:1

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 21:2

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:1-27

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