Revelation 21:22

And I saw in it no temple; for the Lord God the Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

In Context

21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as transparent glass.

23And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine on it; for the glory of God lightened it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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Cross References

John 2:19Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

John 4:23But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for such the Father seeks to worship him.

John 13:32If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will straightway glorify him.

Colossians 2:9Because in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.

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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