Revelation 21:22

But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Berean Standard Bible

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, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.

23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

John 2:19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

John 13:32If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

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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