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Revelation 21

Revelation 21:15

The New Jerusalem · Revelation 21:9–27
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Translations

Modern
The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
Traditional
And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
Literal
And the one speaking with me had a golden measuring reed, so that he might measure the city and its gates and its wall.
Latin
Et qui loquebatur mecum, habebat mensuram arundineam auream, ut metiretur civitatem, et portas ejus, et murum.

Original

Greek
English
The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.

Notes

Revelation 21:15–17

measure the city: Measuring sets accepted boundaries. This contrasts with the unmeasured section of the temple (see Revelation 11:2 and Ezekiel 40:3–42:20).

Revelation 21:1–22:9

The final scenes of the new heaven and earth show a new community and home for God's people, created and given by God. These scenes uplift persecuted Christians. John shares his main vision (Revelation 21:1–8) and expands on it in two parts:

  1. In Revelation 21:9–27, he describes the new Jerusalem as a place of holy perfection;

  2. in Revelation 22:1–5, he portrays the new Jerusalem as the ultimate garden of Eden, which Adam and Eve could have experienced if they had not sinned.

Glossary

Abomination Beauty Book of Revelation Bride of Christ Heaven Jasper Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven Land Millennium New Creation, New Creature New Jerusalem Temple Worship

Topics

Reed used As a Measuring Device (Six Cubits) Select Readings: The New Heaven and the New Earth