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Revelation 21:24

in Revelation 21

By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

KJV

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

This verse in Revelation 21

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

And the nations will walk by its light. It signifies that the same Lamb who is now the way for those on pilgrimage, will then be life for the citizens.

This site's exposition

the nations of them which are saved

on Revelation 21:24-26

The nations of them which are saved walk in the city's light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honour into it, Isaiah's own picture of the nations streaming to Zion (Isaiah 60:3, 60:11) fulfilled at last in the eternal city rather than the earthly one. The gates are never shut by day, and there is no night there to close them, an open city needing no defense because nothing hostile survives to enter it. Glory that once belonged to Babylon and to the beast's kingdoms is here surrendered to their rightful owner, brought in rather than seized.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the nations of them which are saved,.... In distinction from them that will be deceived by Satan, Rev 20:

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Shall walk by the light thereof - Which throws itself outward from the city far and near. And the kings of the earth - Those of them who have a part there. Bring their glory into it - Not their old glory, which is now abolished; but such as becomes the new earth, and receives an immense addition by their entrance into the city.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The nations of them which are saved - This is an illusion to the promise that the Gentiles should bring their riches, glory, and excellence, to the temple at Jerusalem, after it should be rebuilt. See Rev 21:26.

The words behind it

19 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 22:2

    down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 22:1

      Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

    • 1 Peter 2:24

      He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

    • Revelation 2:7

      He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…

    • Ezekiel 47:8–12

      And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh.

    • Genesis 2:9

      Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life…

  • Through

    Isaiah 66:18

    “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 86:9

      All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.

    • Revelation 11:15

      Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…

    • Isaiah 2:2

      In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
The Transfiguration — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.