Revelation 21:17

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 stood up four square; and its length was the same as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, to twelve furlongs of twelve thousand; and the length and the breadth and the height of it were all equal.

18And the structure of its wall was of jasper; and the city was of pure gold, like pure glass.

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Cross References

Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed from every tribe of Israelites.

Revelation 14:3And they sang a new song before the throne, and before the four Animals and the Elders: and no one was able to learn that song, except 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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