Revelation 21:23
And 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.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
22And I saw in it no temple; for the Lord God the Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
24And the nations will walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.
Cross References
Mark 8:38For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will also the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:14And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us[1:14]; and we beheld his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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 →