Revelation 21:5

And He who is sitting on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new”; and He says to me, “Write, because these words are true and steadfast”;

Literal Standard Version

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 God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor will there be anymore pain, because the first things passed away.”

6and He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsting, I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely.

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Cross References

Isaiah 42:9The former things, behold, have come, || And I am declaring new things, || Before they spring up I cause you to hear.

Luke 5:38but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved together;

Revelation 1:11“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “Write what you see in a scroll, and send [it] to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

Revelation 4:2and immediately I was in [the] Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and on the throne is [One] sitting,

Revelation 5:1And I saw a scroll on the right hand of Him who is sitting on the throne, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the sky 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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