21: 2 And I saw 229the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
229Or, the holy city Jerusalem coming down new out of heaven
21: 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall 230dwell with them, and they shall be 231his peoples, and God himself 232shall be with them, and be their God:
230Gk. tabernacle with them,
231So ℵA 2053 2062 f 1678 2050 94. But 1611 f 1006 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg syr cop read his people,
232So A 2053 2062 (2050) vg eth. (ℵ) 94 MK read shall be with them: 1611 f 1006 copsa read shall be with them a God: P 209 MA read shall be with them their God:
21: 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: 233the first things are passed away.
233So A 1611 2053 2062 f 1678,1006 94. ℵa and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg syrh read because the first things 2050 reads because they ℵ* alone reads the sheep
21: 5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, 234Write: for these words are faithful and true.
234Or, Write, These words are faithful and true.
21: 6 And he said unto me, 235They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
235Or, They have happened. Similar to ch. 16:17.
21: 7 He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
21: 8 But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
21: 9 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
21: 10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
21: 11 having the glory of God: her 236light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:
236Gk. luminary
21: 12 having a wall great and high; having twelve 237gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are 238the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel:
237Gk. portals, and so throughout chs. 21 and 22.
238So A 1611 2053 (2050) 94. 2062 f 1678 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., syr eth read names ℵ P arm omit the names
21: 13 on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
21: 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21: 15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
21: 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth and the height thereof are equal.
21: 17 And he measured the wall thereof, a hundred forty-four cubits, 239according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
239Gk. a measure of a man,
21: 18 And the building material of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.
21: 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, 240sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
240Or, lapis lazuli;
21: 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, 241jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
241Or, hyacinth; or, sapphire;
21: 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, 242as it were transparent glass.
242Or, transparent as glass.
21: 22 And I saw no 243temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.
243Gk. ναος, temple house or, sanctuary
21: 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, 244and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
244Or, and the Lamb, the lamp thereof.
21: 24 And the nations245 shall walk 246amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory247 into it.
24594 1852 syrh add of them which are saved
246Or, by
247So ℵA f 1678,1006 2050 94 eth. 2053 (2062) vg add and the honor 1611 469 MK syrh add and the honor of the nations
21: 25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there):
21: 26 and they shall bring the glory 248and the honor of the nations into it:
2482050 omits the None omits and the honor Cf. vs. 24.
21: 27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything 249unclean, even he that 250maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
249Gk. common,
250Or, doeth
