Revelation 21:12 BSB

Revelation 21:12

The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

having a wall great and high; having 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:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔχουσα	echousa	having	G2192 →
τεῖχος	teichos	a wall	G5038 →
μέγα	mega	great	G3173 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑψηλόν,	hupsēlon	high,	G5308 →
ἔχουσα	echousa	having	G2192 →
πυλῶνας	pulōnas	gates	G4440 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	twelve	G1427 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπὶ	epi	at	G1909 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
πυλῶσιν	pulōsin	gates	G4440 →
ἀγγέλους	angelous	angels	G32 →
δώδεκα,	dōdeka	twelve,	G1427 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὀνόματα	onomata	names	G3686 →
ἐπιγεγραμμένα,	epigegrammena	inscribed,	G1924 →
ἅ	ha	which	G3739 →
ἐστιν	estin	are	G1510 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ὀνόματα	onomata	names	G3686 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
δώδεκα	dōdeka	twelve	G1427 →
φυλῶν	phulōn	tribes	G5443 →
υἱῶν	huiōn	of [the] sons	G5207 →
Ἰσραήλ·	Israēl	of Israel;	G2474 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 21:25
Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
leads to
- Isaiah 60:11
  Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
- Zechariah 14:7
  It will be a day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
- Revelation 22:5
  There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
- Isaiah 60:20
  Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
- Revelation 21:23
  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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