Revelation 21:5

And he who sat upon the throne said: Behold, I make all things new. And he says: Write; because these words are faithful and true.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

In Context

4And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, nor shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain be any more; because the former things are passed away.

6And he said to me: It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts, of the fountain of the water of life freely.

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Cross References

Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new skins, and both are preserved together[5:38].

Revelation 1:11saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Revelation 4:2Immediately I was in the Spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Revelation 5:1AND I saw, on the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written within and on the back side, sealed up with seven seals.

Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:2-9

The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away… Read the whole commentary →

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