Revelation 21:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ”

Revelation 21:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations - It is not said whether these foundations were twelve rows of stones placed one above another under the city, and extending round it, or whether t...
Revelation 21:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the wall of the city had (12) twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (12) That is, foundation stones, according to the number of the gates, as is shown in...
Revelation 21:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:1 to Revelation 22:5 . The Vision of the New Jerusalem. The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah 65:17 , and is derived from the belief that the presen...
Revelation 21:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

foundations. Greek. themelios. See App-146. in. The texts read App-104. apostles. The twelfth will be Matthias, not Judas, See App-174 and App-189. Twelve is the basic number of the measure...
Revelation 21:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The wall - had twelve foundations - Probably twelve stones, one of which served for a founda...
Revelation 21:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

There came unto me one of the seven angels, &c.— A more particular description is now given of the new Jerusalem. One of the seven angels (and most probably the same who had, ch. Revelation...
Revelation 21:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Twelve foundations. Joshua, the type of Jesus, chose twelve of the people to carry s...
Revelation 21:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Holy City The enemies of the Lamb have been conquered. The Judgment is over. The old condition of things has passed away: cp. Revelation 20:11 . Now St. John sees in a vision the blissful glo...
Revelation 21:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the wall of the city had... — Or, rather, And the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. There were twelve large stones formi...
Revelation 21:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII. THE NEW JERUSALEM. REV. Revelation 21:1-27 ; Revelation 22:1-5 . THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, but the second has still to be unfolded. W...
Revelation 21:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Holy City” Revelation 21:9-27 The “new Jerusalem” is the redeemed Church united with her Lord in the act of governing the whole world. A city is obviously the seat of imperial rule. In tha...
Revelation 21:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The endless end of evil has passed before the vision of the seer, and he now observes the resultant order. The holy city appears. Toward a city of God men had looked through long generations. Now it...
Revelation 21:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) 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: (13) On the ea...
Revelation 21:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations ,.... Christ is the one and only foundation of his church and people, of the covenant of grace, and of salvation; and of faith, hope, peace, and joy,...
Revelation 21:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. Ver. 14. And the wall ] A wall the Church hath about it, and a well within it, Revelati...
Revelation 21:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And there came unto me one of the seven angels Most probably the same who had ( Revelation 17:1 , &c.) showed John the mystic Babylon and her destruction, and now shows him, by way of contrast,...
Revelation 21:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The New Heaven and New Earth Revelation 20:11 has indicated that at the time of the Great White Throne the earth and the heaven flee away. Now John sees a new heaven and a new earth, and the ear...
Revelation 21:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The New Jerusalem. A. D. 95. 9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the...
Revelation 21:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations; the ancient church of God was founded in twelve patriarchs, and twelve tribes; the gospel church in twelve apostles; Christ is the only foundation o...
Revelation 21:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.' The city is founded on the twelve apostles, as was the Temple which comprised the chur...
Revelation 21:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE NEW JERUSALEM CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES “NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, and all their followers; yea, and of all who resemble them in the temper of...
Revelation 21:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Revelation 21:10-23 We feel instinctively the beauty and the grandeur of this passage descriptive of the Church of Christ when she shall have passed through the successive stages of her earthly wa...
Revelation 21:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Revelation 21:1 . And 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. Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, sev...
Revelation 21:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 21:1 . I saw a new heaven and a new earth. This was a welcome sight, for this old earth is wearing out. Subterranean fires are burning and wasting it beneath our feet, fires everfeeding...
Revelation 21:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Revelation 21:1 And I saw. The usual introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 20:11 , etc.). Having described the origin and progress of evil in the world, the final over...
Revelation 21:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The vision of the heavenly Jerusalem:
Revelation 21:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:10 ; 1 Corinthians 3:11 ; Ephesians 2:20 ; Ephesians 3:5 ; Ephesians 4:11 ; Galatians 2:9 ; Hebrews 11:10 ; Isaiah 54:11 ; Jude 1:17 ; Matthew 10:2-4 ; Matthew 16:18 ; Rev...
Revelation 21:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Marriage of the Lamb Revelation 19:1-10 ; Revelation 21:1-27 and Revelation 22:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. It is not diff...
Revelation 21:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb — Figuratively showing that the inhabitants of the city had built only on that faith which...

Revelation 21:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Revelation 21:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Revelation 21:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 21:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 21:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Revelation 21:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 21:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 21:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 21:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Revelation 21:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes