Revelation 21:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And 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. ”

Revelation 21:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it - This imagery seems to be derived from Isaiah 9:19-20 . See notes on those verses. No language could give a more strikin...
Revelation 21:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(16) And 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. (16) The second form of particular descriptio...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

had . hath. need, &c. Compare Isaiah 60:19-20 for the privileges of the millennial reign, foreshadowing the extended ones set forth here. neither. Greek. oude. to . in order to. Gree...
Revelation 21:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2530 GOD THE LIGHT AND TEMPLE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM Revelation 21:22-23 . I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need...
Revelation 21:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And 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. No need of the sun - This is also one of the tradit...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And 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. In it. So, Vulgate; but 'Aleph (') A B, Andre...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the city had no need of the sun... — Rather, And the city hath not need of the sun, nor of the moon that they should shine on (or, for ) her; for the glory of God enlightened her, and her l...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ,.... Which may be understood either literally of these two luminaries, which all earthly cities need; and which, though they...
Revelation 21:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And 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. Ver. 23. And the city had no need ] He saith no...
Revelation 21:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I saw no temple therein The whole city being, properly speaking, a temple; the Lord God and the Lamb surrounding, filling, and sanctifying the whole, and being more intimately present in ever...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sun and the moon are the two great luminaries of the world, which God hath made, the one to rule the day, the other to rule the night; in heaven there will be no need of any of these. Light,...
Revelation 21:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And I saw no Temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb are its Temple. And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God did lighten it and it...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - 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 21:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The wonderful glory of the city:
Revelation 21:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:11 ; Habakkuk 3:3 ; Isaiah 2:10 ; Isaiah 2:19 ; Isaiah 2:21 ; Isaiah 24:23 ; Isaiah 60:19 ; Isaiah 60:20 ; John 1:14 ; John 1:18 ; John 1:4 ; John 1:9 ; John 17:24 ; John 5:23 ;...
Revelation 21:23 - 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 21:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The glory of God — Infinitely brighter than the shining of the sun.

Revelation 21:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Revelation 21:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Revelation 21:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Revelation 21:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 21:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 21:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Revelation 21:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 21:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 21:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 21:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Revelation 21:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes