Revelation 21

Revelation · Chapter 21

Revelation 21:20

1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.6And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.7He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.10And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;12And 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:13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.21And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.22And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.24And 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.25And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

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20The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.

In context

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Revelation 21:9-21The holy Jerusalem

About Revelation 21John sees "a new heaven and a new earth" and "the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband," and hears, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them," and "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death." He that sat on the throne says, "Behold, I make all things new," and offers the water of life freely, but the unbelieving and the wicked have their part in "the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." An angel shows John "the bride, the Lamb's wife," the holy Jerusalem with twelve gates and twelve foundations, where there is no temple, "for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it," and only those "written in the Lamb's book of life" enter. Revelation 21:1Revelation 21:2Revelation 21:3Revelation 21:4Revelation 21:5Revelation 21:6Revelation 21:8Revelation 21:9Revelation 21:10Revelation 21:12Revelation 21:14Revelation 21:22Revelation 21:27

Who, where and when in this chapter

Original Greek words

EnglishGreekSay itStrong'sMeaning
fifthπέμπτοςpemptosG3991
fifth

πέμπτος (pemptos) πέμπτος, -η, -ον [in LXX for חֲמִישִׁי and cognate forms ;] fifth: Rev.6:9 9:1 16:10 21:20.† (AS)

sardonyx,σαρδόνυξ,sardonuxG4557
sardonyx

σαρδόνυξ (sardonux) σαρδόνυξ (L, σαρδιόνυξ), -υχος, ὁ (σάρδιον, ὄνυξ), sardonyx, a stone marked by the red of the sard and the white of the onyx: Rev.21:20.† (AS)

sixthἕκτοςhektosG1623
sixth

ἕκτος (hektos) ἐκτός, adv. [in LXX Jdg.8:26 20:15, 3Ki.10:13, al. (בַּד, Jdg.5:28 (בַּד), בַּד), Sng.4:1-3 (בַּד), al, ;] 1. as adv., outside, beyond: τὸ ἐ., with poss. genitive, the outside, Mat.23:26; in late Gk. (see Deiss., BS, 118), pleonastic, ἐκτός εἰ μή, 1Co.14:5 15:2, 1Ti.5:19. 2. With force of prep., with genitive; (a) outside of: 1Co.6:18, 2Co.12:2; (b) beyond, besides, except: Act.26:22, 1Co.15:27.† (AS)

sardius,σάρδιον,sardionG4556
gem

σάρδινος (sardinos) σάρδινος, -ου, ὁ = σάρδιον (which see), Rev.4:3, Rec.† (AS)

seventhἕβδομοςhebdomosG1442
seventh

ἕβδομος (hebdomos) ἕβδομος, -η, -ον (ἑπτὰ), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁבִיעִי ;] seventh: Jhn.4:52, Heb.4:4" (LXX), Ju 14, Rev.8:1 10:7 11:15 16:17 21:20.† (AS)

chrysolite,χρυσόλιθος,chrusolithosG5555
chrysolite

χρυσόλιθος (chrusolithos) χρυσό-λιθος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Exo.28:20 36:20 (Exo.39:13), Eze.28:13 (תַּרְשִׁישׁ) * ;] a chrysolite (on its identification, see Swete, Ap., 288 f.; DB, iv, 620): Rev.21:20.† (AS)

eighthὄγδοοςogdoosG3590
eighth

ὄγδοος (ogdoos) ὄγδοος, -η, -ον the eighth. Luk.1:59, Act.7:3" (LXX), Rev.17:11 21:20; one of eight, with seven others (usually, in this sense, with αὐτός added, but cf. Plat., Legg., iii, 695 with; Plut., Pelop., 13; 2Ma.5:27): 2Pe.2:5.† (AS)

beryl,βήρυλλος,bērullosG0969
beryl

βήρυλλος (bērullos) βήρυλλος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX: Tob.13:17 (-ύλλιον in Exo.28:20, שֹׁהַם * ;]) beryl, a jewel of sea-green colour: Rev.21:20.† (AS)

ninthἔνατοςenatosG1766
ninth (hour)

ἔννατος (ennatos) ἐνατος, (Rec. ἔνν-), -η, -ον ninth: Rev.21:20; of the ninth hour (3 o'clock, p.m.), Mat.20:5 27:45-46, Mrk.15:33-34, Luk.23:44, Act.3:1 10:3, 30.† (AS)

topaz,τοπάζιον,topazionG5116
topaz

τοπάζιον (topazion) τοπάζιον, -ου, τό (and τόπαζος, ὁ), [in LXX: Exo.28:17 35:17 (Exo.39:10), Job.28:19, Eze.28:13 (פִּטְדָה), Psa.119:127 (פָּז)* ;] topaz: Rev.21:20 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)

tenthδέκατοςdekatosG1182
tenth

δεκάτη (dekatē) δεκάτη, -ης, ἡ prop. fem. (sc. μέρος) of δέκατος, -η, -ον, [in LXX for מַעֲשֵׂר: Gen.14:20, Neh.12:44, and al. ;] a tenth part, a tithe: Heb.7:2, 4; 8, 9 (for a curious inversion of the Biblical use, see MM, see word).† (AS)

chrysoprase,χρυσόπρασος,chrusoprasosG5556
chrysoprase

χρυσόπρασος (chrusoprasos) χρυσό-πρασος, -ου, ὁ a chrysoprase (see Swete, Ap., 289): Rev.21:20.† (AS)

eleventhἑνδέκατοςhendekatosG1734
eleventh

ἑνδέκατος (hendekatos) ἑν-δέκατος, -η, -ον eleventh: Mat.20:6, 9, Rev.21:20.† (AS)

jacinth,ὑάκινθος,hu'akinthosG5192
hyacinth

ὑάκινθος (huakinthos) ὑακίνθος, -ου, ό [in LXX chiefly for תְּכֵלֶת ;] hyacinth; (a) in cl., a flower, prob. the dark blue iris; (b) in late writers, a precious stone of the same colour, perhaps the sapphire: Rev.21:20 (Phil., FlJ, al.).† (AS)

twelfthδωδέκατοςdōdekatosG1428
twelfth

δωδέκατος (dōdekatos) the twelfth , (Homer), etc.: epic δυωδ-, (Homer) (ML)

amethyst.ἀμέθυστος.amethustosG0271
amethyst

ἀμέθυστος (amethustos) ἀμέθυστος, -ου, ἡ (accusative to Plut., ἀ- μεθύω, being regarded as an antidote against drunkenness) [in LXX: Exo.28:19 36:19 39:12 Eze.28:13 * ;] amethyst, a purple quartz: Rev.21:20.† (AS)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.