Revelation 21:23

And the city hath no need of the sun nor of the moon to enlighten it; for the glory of Aloha illuminateth it, and the light thereof is the Lamb.

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

In The King James Version

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

In Context

22And a temple I saw not in it; for the Lord, the Omnipotent, is the temple thereof and the Lamb.

24And the nations of the saved walk by the light of it, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and the honour of the nations into it.

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Cross References

Mark 8:38For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this generation, sinful and adulterous, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

John 1:4In him was life, and the life is the light of the sons of man;

John 1:14And the Word flesh was made, and tabernacled with us; and we saw his glory, the glory as of the one-begotten who (was) from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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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