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Selected Verse: Revelation 21:22 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Re 21:22 |
King James |
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| no temple . . . God . . . the temple--As God now dwells in the spiritual Church, His "temple" (Greek, "naos," "shrine"; Co1 3:17; Co1 6:19), so the Church when perfected shall dwell in Him as her "temple" (naos: the same Greek). As the Church was "His sanctuary," so He is to be their sanctuary. Means of grace shall cease when the end of grace is come. Church ordinances shall give place to the God of ordinances. Uninterrupted, immediate, direct, communion with Him and the Lamb (compare Joh 4:23), shall supersede intervening ordinances. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And I saw no temple therein - No structure reared expressly for the worship of God; no particular place where he was adored. It was all temple - nothing but a temple. It was not like Jerusalem, where there was but one house reared expressly for divine worship, and to which the inhabitants repaired to praise God; it was all one great temple reared in honor of his name, and where worship ascended from every part of it. With this explanation, this passage harmonizes with what is said in Rev 2:12; Rev 7:15.
For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it - They are present in all parts of it in their glory; they fill it with light; and the splendor of their presence may be said to be the temple. The idea here is, that it would be a holy world - all holy. No particular portion would be set apart for purposes of public worship, but in all places God would be adored, and every portion of it devoted to the purposes of religion. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
No temple
The entire city is now one holy temple of God. See on Rev 1:6. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Lord God and the Lamb are the temple of it - He fills the new heaven and the new earth. He surrounds the city and sanctifies it, and all that are therein. He is "all in all." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I saw no temple - There was no need of a temple where God and the Lamb were manifestly present. |
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.