Revelation 21:22

And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God almighty and the lamb, is the temple of it. (And I did not see any Temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, be its Temple.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

In Context

21And the twelve gates be twelve margarites, by each; and each gate was of each margarite. And the streets of the city were clean gold, as of glass full shining. (And the twelve gates were made out of twelve pearls; and each gate was made out of one pearl. And the city streets were made of pure gold, like shining glass.)

23And the city hath no need of the sun, neither [of] (the) moon, that they shine in it; for the clarity of God shall lighten it [or shall light it]; and the lamb is the lantern of it. (And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they shine in it; for the glory of God shall light it, or shall illumine it; and the Lamb is its lantern.)

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:27Therefore whether it is to guess, that God dwelleth verily on earth; for if heaven, and (the) heaven of heavens be not able to take thee, how much more this house, that I have builded to thee. (And so, is it only a guess, that truly God liveth not on the earth? for if heaven, and the heaven of heavens be not able to hold thee, then how much less this House, that I have built for thee?)

2 Chronicles 6:18Therefore whether it is believeful, that the Lord dwell with men on earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens (may not) take, either may not hold thee, Lord, how much more this house, which I have builded? (And so is it believable, that the Lord can live with people here on earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot hold thee, Lord, how much less this House, Lord, which I have built for thee?)

John 2:19Jesus answered, and said to them, Undo ye this temple (or Destroy this temple), and in three days I shall raise it (up again).

John 4:23But the time is come, and now it is, when true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeketh such, that worship him.

John 13:32If God is clarified in him, and God shall clarify him in himself, and anon (or at once) he shall clarify him. (If God is glorified in him, then God shall glorify him in himself, and he shall glorify him now.)

Colossians 2:9For in him dwelleth body-like all the fullness of the Godhead.

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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