And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
WEB
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
YLT
and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
DBT
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both