Revelation 21:17

And he measured the wall of it, an hundred and forty and four measures of the cubits of a man, that is, of the angel.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

In Context

16And the city was set four-square, and the length of it was as the breadth: and he measured the city with the rod, upon twelve stadia of twelve thousand. And the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

18And the structure of the wall of it is (of) jaspis, and the city is of pure gold, like pure brightness.

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Cross References

Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of them who were sealed, an hundred and forty and four thousands, sealed of every tribe of Israel:

Revelation 14:3And they hymned a new hymn before the throne, and before the four living-ones, and the presbyters. And no man was able to learn the hymn, but the hundred and forty and four thousand (who were redeemed from the earth).

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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