Revelation 21:15

And he who spoke with me had a measure, a golden reed, so that he might measure the city, and its gates.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

In Context

14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

16The city is laid out like a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

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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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