Revelation 21:24 BSB

Revelation 21:24

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Revelation (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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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

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

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
περιπατήσουσιν	peripatēsousin	will walk	G4043 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	nations	G1484 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
φωτὸς	phōtos	light	G5457 →
αὐτῆς,	autēs	of it	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
βασιλεῖς	basileis	kings	G935 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
γῆς	gēs	earth	G1093 →
φέρουσιν	pherousin	bring	G5342 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δόξαν	doxan	glory	G1391 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
αὐτήν.	autēn	it.	G846 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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 22:2
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.…
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.
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…

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