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Revelation 21

Revelation 21:18

The New Jerusalem · Revelation 21:9–27
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Translations

Modern
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
Traditional
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Literal
And the structure of its wall was jasper, and the city pure gold, like clear glass,
Latin
Et erat structura muri ejus ex lapide jaspide: ipsa vero civitas aurum mundum simile vitro mundo.

Original

Greek
English
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Notes

Revelation 21:18

The wall is made of jasper (see study note on Revelation 21:11; compare Revelation 4:3). The city is crafted from gold, which is not opaque like earthly gold. Instead, like God's transformed people, the heavenly gold is clear and pure.

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 Minerals and Metals New Creation, New Creature New Jerusalem Temple Worship

Topics

Glass: Symbolical Gold: Symbolical Heaven: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To of the Cities Walls of the New Jerusalem Paradox: General Scriptures Concerning Select Readings: The New Heaven and the New Earth Streets of Gold