Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river [were] very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ver. 7. Behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees.] These were trees of righteousness, fruitful Christians. Arboretum Christi est Ecclesia. The trees of Christ are the churches. See Psalms 1:3; Psa 92:12 Isaiah 44:3,5; Isa 55:11-13 Jer 17:8 Revelation 22:2, where and elsewhere it is easy to observe that John the Divine borroweth the elegancies and flowers of this and other prophets in his description of the Church Christian.