14 Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
A. The city has 12 foundations. The church was built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. (Ephesians 2:19-20)
B. The gates were labeled with the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. The 12 foundations are also labeled with the names of the 12 apostles.
Verse Revelation 21:14. _THE WALL-HAD TWELVE FOUNDATIONS_] Probably twelve stones, one of which served for a _foundation_ or _threshold_ to each gate; and on these were inscribed the names of the twel...
AND THE WALL OF THE CITY HAD TWELVE FOUNDATIONS - It is not said whether these foundations were twelve rows of stones placed one above another under the city, and extending round it, or whether they w...
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(_b_) THE MEASURING OF THE CITY. Revelation 21:9. seven bowls: _ cf._ ch. 16. Revelation 21:10. to a mountain: as in Ezekiel 40:2....
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FOUNDATIONS. Greek. _themelios._ See App-146. IN. The texts read App-104. APOSTLES. The twelfth will be Matthias, not Judas, See App-174 and App-189. Twelve is the basic number of the measurements o...
_And the wall … twelve foundations_ Probably each of the twelve sections into which the wall is divided by the gates rests on an enormous jewel, reaching from gate to gate. This symbolises the solidit...
THE MEASURE OF THE CITY...
ἜΧΩΝ. א* omits, אc has ἔχον. 14. There is a little difficulty in harmonising this verse with Revelation 21:19-20. Taking this verse by itself we should suppose the twelve foundations were twelve monol...
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ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΘΕΜΈΛΙΟΣ (G2310) основание. Вероятно, в основание всегда закладывались прочные удлиненные каменные блоки, как это можно наблюдать в нижних рядах иродиан...
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_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XXI BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW _Text (Revelation 21:1-27)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are pass...
Strauss-' Comments The Vision of the New Jerusalem Chapter Revelation 21:9-27 _Revelation 21:9_ The heavenly messenger who bore the seven bowls of anger appeared again. John was invited to see the b...
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AND THE WALL OF THE CITY HAD... — Or, rather, _And the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb._ There were twelve large stones forming...
CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV. Revelation 21:1; Revelation 22:1. THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. We are introdu...
ἔχων, another rough asyndeton. θεμελίους κ. τ. λ., a symbolical and corporate expression for the historical origin of the church in the primitive circle of the disciples who adhered to Jesus (_cf._ on...
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The names of the Old Testament faithful have already been set forth in the symbolism of the twelve tribes and we now see the New Testament faithful joined to them under the fiure of the twelve apostle...
And the wall of the city had (12) twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (12) That is, foundation stones, according to the number of the gates, as is shown in ...
(12) And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: (13) On the eas...
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The Real New World Order I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell--you see, I have friends in both places. --Mark Twain I would rather go to heaven alone than go to hell in company --R.A....
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The vision of the heavenly Jerusalem:...
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HAD (εχων). Masculine present active participle of εχω instead of εχον (neuter like to τειχος), and the participle occurs independently as if a principal verb (ειχεν) as often in this book.TWELVE F...
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_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 WALL GREAT AND HIGH, AND HAD TWELVE GATES, AND AT THE GAT...
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Foundations [θ ε μ ε λ ι ο υ ς]. See on the kindred verb qemeliwsei shalt settle, 1 Peter 5:10. In them the names [ε ν α υ τ ο ι ς ο ν ο μ α τ α]. The correct reading is ejp' aujtwn dwdeka ojnomata,...
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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb — Figuratively showing that the inhabitants of the city had built only on that faith which the...