Revelation 21:22

I did not see a temple there, because the Lord God the All-powerful One, and the Lamb, they are its temple.

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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

21The twelve gates were made of pearl, each one made from a single pearl. The main street was made of pure gold, clear like glass.

23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it because the glory of God provides its light—the Lamb is its lamp.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27But will God really live here on earth? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:18But will God really live here on earth among people? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!

John 2:19Jesus replied, “Destroy this Temple, and in three days I'll raise it up!”

John 4:23But the time is coming—and in fact it's here already—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for these are the kind of worshipers the Father wants.

John 13:32If God is glorified through him, then God will glorify the Son himself, and will glorify him immediately.

Colossians 2:9For the fullness of God's divine nature lives in Christ 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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