Revelation 21:15 - Exposition

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof; had for a measure a golden reed to measure, etc. "He that spake" is the angel of Revelation 21:9 (cf. the action of Revelation 11:1 ; and Ezekiel 40:3 , Ezekiel 40:5 ; Ezekiel 42:15 , et seq. ) . Here the measuring is evidently to indicate the large extent of the city (see on Revelation 11:1 ). The reed is golden, as being the typical heavenly material.