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Selected Verse: Revelation 21:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Re 21:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And [5037] had [2192] a wall [5038] great [3173] and [2532] high [5308], and had [2192] twelve [1427] gates [4440], and [2532] at [1909] the gates [4440] twelve [1427] angels [32], and [2532] names [3686] written thereon [1924], which [3739] are [2076] the names of the twelve [1427] tribes [5443] of the children [5207] of Israel [2474]: |
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King James |
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: |
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] |
And--A and B omit. Eze 48:30-35, has a similar description, which implies that the millennial Jerusalem shall have its exact antitype in the heavenly Jerusalem which shall descend on the finally regenerated earth.
wall great and high--setting forth the security of the Church. Also, the exclusion of the ungodly.
twelve angels--guards of the twelve gates: an additional emblem of perfect security, while the gates being never shut (Rev 21:25) imply perfect liberty and peace. Also, angels shall be the brethren of the heavenly citizens.
names of . . . twelve tribes--The inscription of the names on the gates implies that none but the spiritual Israel, God's elect, shall enter the heavenly city. As the millennium wherein literal Israel in the flesh shall be the mother Church, is the antitype to the Old Testament earthly theocracy in the Holy Land, so the heavenly new Jerusalem is the consummation antitypical to the spiritual Israel, the elect Church of Jews and Gentiles being now gathered out: as the spiritual Israel now is an advance upon the previous literal and carnal Israel, so the heavenly Jerusalem shall be much in advance of the millennial Jerusalem. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And had a wall great and high - Ancient cities were always surrounded with walls for protection, and John represents this as enclosed in the usual manner. The word "great" means that it was thick and strong. Its height also is particularly noticed, for it was unusual. See Rev 21:16.
And had twelve gates - Three on each side. The number of the gates correspond to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and to the number of the apostles. The idea seems to be that there would be ample opportunity of access and egress.
And at the gates twelve angels - Stationed there as guards to the New Jerusalem. Their business seems to have been to watch the gates that nothing improper should enter; that the great enemy should not make an insidious approach to this city as he did to the earthly paradise.
And names written thereon - On the gates.
Which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel - So in the city which Ezekiel saw in vision, which John seems also to have had in his eye. See Eze 48:31. The inscription in Ezekiel denoted that that was the residence of the people of God; and the same idea is denoted here. The New Jerusalem is the eternal residence of the children of God, and this is indicated at every gate. None can enter who do not belong to that people; all who are within are understood to be of their number. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angels
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
And had (ἔχουσάν τε)
Rev., more simply and literally, having.
Gates (πυλῶνας)
Properly large gates. See on Luk 16:20; see on Act 12:13. Compare Eze 48:30 sqq. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Twelve angels - Still waiting upon the heirs of salvation. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Had a wall great and high - An almighty defense.
Twelve gates - A gate for every tribe of Israel, in the vicinity of which gate that tribe dwelt; so that in coming in and going out they did not mix with each other. This description of the city is partly taken from Eze 48:30-35.
In Synopsis Sohar, p. 115, n. 27, it is said: "In the palace of the world to come there are twelve gates, each of which is inscribed with one of the twelve tribes, as that of Reuben, of Simeon, etc.: he, therefore, who is of the tribe of Reuben is received into none of the twelve gates but his own; and so of the rest." |
25 And [2532] the gates [4440] of it [846] shall [2808] not [3364] be shut [2808] at all [3364] by day [2250]: for [1063] there shall be [2071] no [3756] night [3571] there [1563].
30 And these are the goings out [08444] of the city [05892] on the north [06828] side [06285], four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] measures [04060].
31 And the gates [08179] of the city [05892] shall be after the names [08034] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]: three [07969] gates [08179] northward [06828]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Reuben [07205], one [0259] gate [08179] of Judah [03063], one [0259] gate [08179] of Levi [03878].
32 And at the east [06921] side [06285] four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967]: and three [07969] gates [08179]; and one [0259] gate [08179] of Joseph [03130], one [0259] gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], one [0259] gate [08179] of Dan [01835].
33 And at the south [05045] side [06285] four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] measures [04060]: and three [07969] gates [08179]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Simeon [08095], one [0259] gate [08179] of Issachar [03485], one [0259] gate [08179] of Zebulun [02074].
34 At the west [03220] side [06285] four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967], with their three [07969] gates [08179]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Gad [01410], one [0259] gate [08179] of Asher [0836], one [0259] gate [08179] of Naphtali [05321].
35 It was round about [05439] eighteen [08083] [06240] thousand [0505] measures: and the name [08034] of the city [05892] from that day [03117] shall be, The LORD is there [03074].
31 And the gates [08179] of the city [05892] shall be after the names [08034] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]: three [07969] gates [08179] northward [06828]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Reuben [07205], one [0259] gate [08179] of Judah [03063], one [0259] gate [08179] of Levi [03878].
16 And [2532] the city [4172] lieth [2749] foursquare [5068], and [2532] the length [3372] [846] is [2076] as large [5118] as [3745] [2532] the breadth [4114]: and [2532] he measured [3354] the city [4172] with the reed [2563] [1909], twelve [1427] thousand [5505] furlongs [4712]. The length [3372] and [2532] the breadth [4114] and [2532] the height [5311] of it [846] are [2076] equal [2470].
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].
30 And these are the goings out [08444] of the city [05892] on the north [06828] side [06285], four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] measures [04060].
13 And [1161] as Peter [4074] knocked at [2925] the door [2374] of the gate [4440], a damsel [3814] came [4334] to hearken [5219], named [3686] Rhoda [4498].
20 And [1161] there was [2258] a certain [5100] beggar [4434] named [3686] Lazarus [2976], which [3739] was laid [906] at [4314] his [846] gate [4440], full of sores [1669],
30 And these are the goings out [08444] of the city [05892] on the north [06828] side [06285], four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] measures [04060].
31 And the gates [08179] of the city [05892] shall be after the names [08034] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478]: three [07969] gates [08179] northward [06828]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Reuben [07205], one [0259] gate [08179] of Judah [03063], one [0259] gate [08179] of Levi [03878].
32 And at the east [06921] side [06285] four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967]: and three [07969] gates [08179]; and one [0259] gate [08179] of Joseph [03130], one [0259] gate [08179] of Benjamin [01144], one [0259] gate [08179] of Dan [01835].
33 And at the south [05045] side [06285] four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967] measures [04060]: and three [07969] gates [08179]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Simeon [08095], one [0259] gate [08179] of Issachar [03485], one [0259] gate [08179] of Zebulun [02074].
34 At the west [03220] side [06285] four [0702] thousand [0505] and five [02568] hundred [03967], with their three [07969] gates [08179]; one [0259] gate [08179] of Gad [01410], one [0259] gate [08179] of Asher [0836], one [0259] gate [08179] of Naphtali [05321].
35 It was round about [05439] eighteen [08083] [06240] thousand [0505] measures: and the name [08034] of the city [05892] from that day [03117] shall be, The LORD is there [03074].