Revelation 21:17

and he-measures the [city/fortification]wall of{same} of{[a] hundred forty four cubits} measure of{man}, which is-being of{messenger},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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, four-corner/angle/quarter-ive, is-being-lain, and the length of{same} as-much-as the breadth, and he-measures the city to{the reed/staff} upon stadia[plural, Latin "stadium," the measure of distance] of{twelve thousand}, the length and the breadth and the height of{same} is-being equal,

18and the in-building-sis[i.e. state of building]/structure/construction of{the [city/fortification]wall} of{same} has-been-being jasper, and the city purged/clean gold-piece similar/analogous to{purged/clean glass},

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Cross References

Revelation 7:4and I-hear the number of{the having-been-affixed-with-seal}, [a] hundred forty four thousand having-been-affixed-with-seal, out of{every tribe} of{sons} [of-]Israel.

Revelation 14:3and they-are-singing [a] new song in-sight of{the throne} and in-sight of{the four alive-s[noun]}, and of{the elders}, and not-one has-been-being-enabled to-learn the song if not the hundred forty four thousand, the having-been-purchased from of{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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