Revelation 21:17

And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, which is of an angel.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

In Context

16And the city lieth in a foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs, and the length and the height and the breadth thereof are equal.

18And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the city itself pure gold, like to clear glass.

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Cross References

Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of them that were signed, an hundred forty-four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel.

Revelation 14:3And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the earth.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:10-27

The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12 And had a… Read the whole commentary →

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