Revelation 21:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 21:1-8

We have here a more general account of the happiness of the church of God in the future state, by which it seems most safe to understand the heavenly state. I. A new world now opens to our view (Rev. 21:1): I saw a new heaven and a new earth; that is, a new universe; for we suppose the world to be made up of heaven and earth. By the new earth we may understand a new state for the bodies of men, as well as a heaven for their souls. This world is not now newly created, but newly opened, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 21:3-4

21:3-4 And I heard a great voice from heaven. "Behold," it said, "the dwelling-place of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them; and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor will there be any grief or crying, nor will there be any more pain, for the first things have gone." Here is the promise of fellowship with God and all its precious consequences. The voice is that of one of the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 21:3-4

God's promise to make Israel his people and to be their God echoes throughout the Old Testament. "I will make my abode among you... and I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people" ( Leviticus 26:11-12 ). In Jeremiah's account of the new covenant the promise of God is: "I will be their God, and they shall be my people" ( Jeremiah 31:33 ). The promise to Ezekiel is: "My dwelling-place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" ( ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:3

And I heard a great voice out of heaven ,.... Either of an angel, or rather of Christ, or God himself; since the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, "out of the throne", saying, behold the tabernacle of God is with men ; in allusion to the tabernacle being with the Israelites, and the "Shechinah", or divine Majesty, being in the midst of them, and as an accomplishment of the promise in Ezekiel 37:27 in the fullest sense of it; and designs something distinct from the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:3

The tabernacle of God is with men - God, in the most especial manner, dwells among his followers, diffusing his light and life everywhere. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:1-4

The new heavens and earth. The retribution of God has fallen on the enemies of Christ and his Church. Death and hell, Satan, the beast, and the false prophet, have been cast into the lake of fire. The thunders of God's vengeance are hushed; the manifestations of his love to his redeemed now only remain to be told. And here their ultimate and eternal blessedness is shown to us. Their abode and condition are described as "new heavens and a new earth." Let us inquire— I. WHEREFORE ARE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:1-4

The fifth scene in the history of redeemed humanity: the unending age of blessedness. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth," etc. The retributive process is over; the characters of all have been tried, and the doom of all pronounced. The wicked are driven away into punishment, but the righteous have entered into life eternal. These words suggest two thoughts in relation to this final state— I. THAT IT WILL BE IN A SENSE A NEW STATE . "A new heaven and a new earth,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:1-8

The spiritual kingdom. Now , to the eye of the weary seer—and in him to the eye of the weary, suffering Church—there appear new scenes. The darkness is past. The judgments of the Lord upon the evil powers, and upon all who take part with them as antagonists of the good, the pure, and the true, are passed away. And to the comfort of the waiting, faithful ones, who endure "as seeing him who is invisible," the vision of the blessedness of the righteous in the kingdom of their Father is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:3

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying. Out of the throne is read in א , A, and others; out of heaven is the reading of B, P, etc. As usual, the voice is described as a great voice (cf. Revelation 19:17 , etc.). It is not stated from whom the voice proceeds, but comp. Revelation 20:11 . Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them; literally, he shall tabernacle with them. Still the seer is influenced by the language of Ezekiel: "And the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:3

And I heard a great voice out of heaven - As if uttered by God himself or the voice, of angels.Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men - The tabernacle, as that word is commonly used in the Scriptures, referring to the sacred “tent” erected in the wilderness, was regarded as the unique dwelling-place of God among his people - as the temple was afterward, which was also called a “tabernacle.” See the notes on Hebrews 9:2. The meaning here is, that God would now dwell with the redeemed, as if... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 21:1-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 21:3-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 21:3-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 21:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 21:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 21:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 21:3

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