Revelation 21:11 BSB

Revelation 21:11

shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

BSB

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ASV

having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal:

KJV

Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Having the glory of God - A glory or splendor such as became the dwelling place of God. The nature of that splendor is described in the following verses. And her light - In Rev 21:23 it is said that “the glory of God did lighten it.” That is, it was made light by the visible symbol of the Deity - the “Shekinah.” See the Luk 2:9 note; Act 9:3 note. The word here rendered “light” - φωστὴρ phōstēr - occurs nowhere else in the New Testament except in Php 2:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Having the glory of God--not merely the Shekinah-cloud, but God Himself as her glory dwelling in the midst of her. Compare the type, the earthly Jerusalem in the millennium (Zec 2:5; compare Re 21:23, below). her light--Greek, "light-giver": properly applied to the heavenly luminaries which diffuse light.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἔχουσαν	echousan	having	G2192 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	of God.	G2316 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
φωστὴρ	phōstēr	radiance	G5458 →
αὐτῆς	autēs	of it	G846 →
ὅμοιος	homoios	[was] like	G3664 →
λίθῳ	lithō	as a stone	G3037 →
τιμιωτάτῳ	timiōtatō	most precious	G5093 →
ὡς	hōs	like	G5613 →
λίθῳ	lithō	as a stone	G3037 →
ἰάσπιδι	iaspidi	jasper	G2393 →
κρυσταλλίζοντι	krustallizonti	being clear as crystal	G2929 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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 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
leads to
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 7:38–39
  Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- Psalms 36:8–9
  They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- John 4:10–11
  Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Through
Revelation 4:6
And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
leads to
- Revelation 15:2
  And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps…
- Revelation 5:6
  Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven…
Through
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…
leads to
- Isaiah 60:19–20
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…

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