Revelation 22:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. ”

• Revelation 22:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And there shall be no night there - notes on Revelation 21:25 . And they need no candle - No lamp; no artificial light, as in a world where there is night and darkness. Neither light of t...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  ( d ) The River and the Tree of Life. Revelation 22:1 . a river: the introduction of the river into the scene is suggested by the description of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2:10 . out of the...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  there. The texts read "longer". candle. App-130. neither. Literally and. light. App-130. the. Omit. shall reign, &c. Compare the reign of the saints with Messiah for 1,000 years...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. There shall be no night there - See t...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And he shewed me a pure river, &c.— The first five verses of this chapter are a continuation of the description of the new Jerusalem. It is farther described with the river of life, and the...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. There. So Andreas; but 'Aleph...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Vision ended. The Lord is at Hand The inner life of the heavenly Jerusalem is described. Then the 'Revelation' closes with the repeated assurance that Christ is at hand, and with the yearnings...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And there shall be no night there... — Rather, And night shall not be any more, and ( they shall not have ) need of the light of lamp, and of light of sun, because the Lord God shall give light...

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• Revelation 22:5 - 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....

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• Revelation 22:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The River of Water of Life” Revelation 22:1-9 The first five verses of this chapter obviously belong to the preceding one, from which they should not be severed. The ever-flowing river of life...

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• Revelation 22:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Still gazing at the city, the seer beheld the great river of water of life. On its banks is the tree of life, yielding fruit, and leaves for the healing of nations. And once more the apostle declares...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (3) And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: (4) And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads...

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• Revelation 22:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE SERVICE OF HEAVEN ‘His servants shall serve Him … and they shall reign for ever and ever.’ Revelation 22:3-5 Service is the task of heaven; not toilsome, for the taint of the course no l...

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• Revelation 22:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And there shall be no night there ,.... This is repeated from Revelation 21:25 to express the certainty of it, and to observe, that the happiness of this state will greatly lie in the light there...

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• Revelation 22:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. Ver. 5. And there shall be no nig...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And then too there shall be no more curse As there is in this present world, and has been ever since the fall of man; but only pure life and blessing, every effect of the displeasure of God for s...

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• Revelation 22:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The River of Water of Life and the Tree of Life The description of the city continues to the end of verse 5 of this chapter. The city is blessed with a river of the water of life proceeding from t...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The New Jerusalem. A. D.  95.       1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crysta...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Revelation 21:23 " .

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• Revelation 22:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And there will be night no more, and they need no light of lamp nor light of sun, for the Lord God will give them light and they will reign for ever and ever.' He Who is the light of the world ( Jo...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE RESTORED PARADISE, AND THE EPILOGUE CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE first five verses complete the description of the new heavens and new earth. There is evident reference in the figures...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Revelation 22:3 , Revelation 22:5 Servitude and Royalty. I. "His servants shall serve Him." Such is the title of the glorified. In heaven itself there is no emancipation from the bonds of God...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Revelation 22:1-2 . And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of th...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 22:1 . He shewed me a pure river of water of life. From the city we go to the palace, where the vision opens on the rock of ages, the Elohim, seated on his throne. Thence flows the crys...

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• Revelation 22:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 22:1 And he showed me a pure river. Omit "pure." "And" connects this part of the vision with what precedes ( Revelation 21:9-66 ). It would have been better, perhap...

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• Revelation 22:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of the Certain Bliss of Eternal Life. The river of water and the tree of life:

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• Revelation 22:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:3 ; 1 Peter 1:4 ; 2 Timothy 2:12 ; Daniel 7:18 ; Daniel 7:27 ; Isaiah 60:19 ; Isaiah 60:20 ; Matthew 25:34 ; Matthew 25:46 ; Proverbs 4:18 ; Proverbs 4:19 ; Psalms 36:9 ; Psalm...

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• Revelation 22:5 - 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...

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• Revelation 22:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And they shall reign for ever and ever — What encouragement is this to the patience and faithfulness of the saints, that, whatever their sufferings are, they will work out for them "an eternal weig...

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