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<a href="/csb/revelation/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I also saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/hcsb/revelation/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I also saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/asv/revelation/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/cev/revelation/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then I saw New Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God in heaven. It was like a bride dressed in her wedding gown and ready to meet her husband. <a href="/erv/revelation/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/gwt/revelation/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, dressed like a bride ready for her husband. <a href="/gnt/revelation/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> And I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared and ready, like a bride dressed to meet her husband. <a href="/isv/revelation/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/msb/revelation/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/net/revelation/21.htm">NET Bible</a> And I saw the holy city--the new Jerusalem--descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/nheb/revelation/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/wbt/revelation/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/wey/revelation/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God and made ready like a bride attired to meet her husband. <a href="/web/revelation/21.htm">World English Bible</a> I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/revelation/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of Heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband; <a href="/blb/revelation/21.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride having been adorned for her husband. <a href="/ylt/revelation/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and I, John, saw the holy city -- new Jerusalem -- coming down from God out of the heaven, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband; <a href="/slt/revelation/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/revelation/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/cpdv/revelation/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/nabre/revelation/21.htm">New American Bible</a> I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/nrsvce/revelation/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/revelation/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/revelation/21.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And I saw The Holy City, New Jerusalem, descending from Heaven from beside God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/revelation/21.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven, from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/godbey/revelation/21.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride is adorned for her husband. <a href="/haweis/revelation/21.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/mace/revelation/21.htm">Mace New Testament</a> and I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descend from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/wey/revelation/21.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God and made ready like a bride attired to meet her husband. <a href="/worrell/revelation/21.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/worsley/revelation/21.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/parallel/revelation/21-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LJfD7KQcx0I?start=4395" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/revelation/21.htm">A New Heaven and a New Earth</a> 1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: eidon (V-AIA-1S) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">I saw</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/40.htm" title="40: hagian (Adj-AFS) -- Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.">holy</a> <a href="/greek/4172.htm" title="4172: polin (N-AFS) -- A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.">city,</a> <a href="/greek/2537.htm" title="2537: kainēn (Adj-AFS) -- Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new">the new</a> <a href="/greek/2419.htm" title="2419: Ierousalēm (N-AFS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine.">Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/greek/2597.htm" title="2597: katabainousan (V-PPA-AFS) -- To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.">coming down</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">out of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3772.htm" title="3772: ouranou (N-GMS) -- Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.">heaven</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God,</a> <a href="/greek/2090.htm" title="2090: hētoimasmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To make ready, prepare. From hetoimos; to prepare.">prepared</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">as</a> <a href="/greek/3565.htm" title="3565: nymphēn (N-AFS) -- From a primary but obsolete verb nupto; a young married woman, including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife.">a bride</a> <a href="/greek/2885.htm" title="2885: kekosmēmenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn. From kosmos; to put in proper order, i.e. Decorate; specially, to snuff.">adorned</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">for</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autēs (PPro-GF3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">her</a> <a href="/greek/435.htm" title="435: andri (N-DMS) -- A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.">husband.</a> 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1</a> Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you. <a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Isaiah 62:4-5</a> No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. / For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17-19</a> For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. / But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. / I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her. <a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">Isaiah 66:10-13</a> Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her, / so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance. / For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees. ... <a href="/ezekiel/48-35.htm">Ezekiel 48:35</a> The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.” <a href="/ezekiel/37-27.htm">Ezekiel 37:27-28</a> My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’” <a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Psalm 48:1-2</a> A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain. / Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King. <a href="/psalms/87-3.htm">Psalm 87:3</a> Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah <a href="/zechariah/2-10.htm">Zechariah 2:10-11</a> “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. / “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. <a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm">Zechariah 8:3</a> This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.” <a href="/hebrews/11-10.htm">Hebrews 11:10</a> For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. <a href="/hebrews/12-22.htm">Hebrews 12:22-23</a> Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels / in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, <a href="/galatians/4-26.htm">Galatians 4:26</a> But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a> I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a> Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.I.<a href="/revelation/1-1.htm">Revelation 1:1,4,9</a> The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: … the holy.<a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Revelation 3:12</a> Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.<a href="/psalms/48-1.htm">Psalm 48:1-3</a> A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness… <a href="/psalms/87-3.htm">Psalm 87:3</a> Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.coming.<a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Revelation 21:10</a> And 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,<a href="/galatians/4-25.htm">Galatians 4:25,26</a> For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children… as.<a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7,8</a> Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready… <a href="/psalms/45-9.htm">Psalm 45:9-14</a> Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir… <a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a> For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Adorned</a> <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Attired</a> <a href="/luke/12-27.htm">Beautifully</a> <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Bride</a> <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">City</a> <a href="/revelation/19-14.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/revelation/20-6.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/revelation/1-9.htm">John</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-13.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">New</a> <a href="/revelation/16-12.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Ready</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/revelation/21-19.htm">Adorned</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-4.htm">Attired</a> <a href="/exodus/28-8.htm">Beautifully</a> <a href="/revelation/21-9.htm">Bride</a> <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">City</a> <a href="/genesis/18-8.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/revelation/22-8.htm">John</a> <a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/revelation/21-5.htm">New</a> <a href="/genesis/1-27.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/genesis/18-6.htm">Ready</a><div class="vheading2">Revelation 21</div>1. <a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">A new heaven and a new earth.</a> 10. <a href="/revelation/21-10.htm">The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof.</a> 23. <a href="/revelation/21-23.htm">She needs no sun, the glory of God being her light.</a> 24. <a href="/revelation/21-24.htm">The kings of the earth bring their riches unto her.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/revelation/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/revelation/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>I saw the holy city The vision of the "holy city" signifies a place set apart for God's presence and people. In biblical context, cities often represent centers of human civilization and culture. The "holy city" contrasts with earthly cities, symbolizing purity and divine order. This vision is given to John, the apostle, who is exiled on the island of Patmos. The concept of a holy city is rooted in the Old Testament, where Jerusalem is often depicted as the dwelling place of God (<a href="/psalms/48.htm">Psalm 48:1-2</a>).the new Jerusalem The "new Jerusalem" represents the fulfillment of God's promises and the ultimate restoration of His people. It is not merely a physical city but a symbol of God's eternal kingdom. This new creation is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, such as <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17-19</a>, which speaks of a new heaven and a new earth. The new Jerusalem is the culmination of God's redemptive plan, contrasting with the old Jerusalem, which was subject to sin and destruction.coming down out of heaven from God The descent of the new Jerusalem "out of heaven from God" emphasizes its divine origin and nature. Unlike earthly cities built by human hands, this city is a gift from God, signifying His initiative in salvation and restoration. This imagery echoes the vision of Jacob's ladder in <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Genesis 28:12</a>, where heaven and earth are connected by divine action. It underscores the idea that the new creation is not achieved by human effort but by God's sovereign will.prepared as a bride The preparation "as a bride" highlights the city's beauty, purity, and readiness for a divine relationship. In biblical times, a bride's preparation was a significant cultural event, symbolizing purity and commitment. This imagery is used throughout Scripture to describe the relationship between God and His people, such as in <a href="/hosea/2-19.htm">Hosea 2:19-20</a> and <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>. The city, like a bride, is made ready for a sacred union with God.adorned for her husband The adornment "for her husband" signifies the intimate and covenantal relationship between God and His people. In ancient Jewish culture, a bride adorned herself to meet her groom, symbolizing joy and anticipation. This phrase reflects the eschatological hope of the church as the bride of Christ, as seen in <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-8</a>. The adornment represents the righteousness and glory bestowed upon the church by Christ, the bridegroom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/john_the_apostle.htm">John the Apostle</a> The author of the Book of Revelation, who receives and records the vision of the new Jerusalem. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_holy_city,_new_jerusalem.htm">The Holy City, New Jerusalem</a> Symbolizes the ultimate dwelling place of God with His people, representing the fulfillment of God's promises. 3. <a href="/topical/h/heaven.htm">Heaven</a> The origin from which the new Jerusalem descends, indicating its divine nature and purity. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The source and preparer of the new Jerusalem, emphasizing His sovereignty and the fulfillment of His redemptive plan. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_bride.htm">The Bride</a> Represents the church, adorned and prepared for union with Christ, her husband.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_a_new_beginning.htm">The Promise of a New Beginning</a> <a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a> assures believers of a future where God will dwell with His people in a renewed creation. This hope should encourage perseverance in faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_church_as_the_bride.htm">The Church as the Bride</a> The imagery of the church as a bride adorned for her husband highlights the intimate relationship between Christ and His church. Believers are called to live in purity and devotion, preparing for this ultimate union. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a> The descent of the new Jerusalem from heaven underscores God's control over history and His faithfulness in fulfilling His promises. Trust in God's plan should be a cornerstone of Christian faith. <a href="/topical/h/heavenly_citizenship.htm">Heavenly Citizenship</a> As citizens of the new Jerusalem, Christians are reminded to live as ambassadors of God's kingdom on earth, reflecting His values and love in their daily lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_beauty_of_holiness.htm">The Beauty of Holiness</a> The adornment of the bride signifies the beauty of holiness. Believers are encouraged to pursue holiness, knowing it is pleasing to God and a reflection of their future glory.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_revelation_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Revelation 21</a> <a href="/q/what_is_new_jerusalem.htm">What is New Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_new_jerusalem.htm">What does the Bible say about New Jerusalem's healing?</a> <a href="/q/angelica_zambrano's_visions.htm">What are Angelica Zambrano's visions of heaven and hell?</a> <a href="/q/is_new_jerusalem's_size_feasible.htm">How could the immense measurements of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:16) be architecturally or scientifically feasible? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/revelation/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) And I John saw the holy city . . .--Better, And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared . . . The name John is omitted in the best MSS. The new Jerusalem is more fully described later on (<a href="/revelation/21-10.htm" title="And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,">Revelation 21:10</a> et seq.). The city is also the bride (comp. <a href="/context/revelation/21-9.htm" title="And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.">Revelation 21:9-10</a>). Both images--the "city" and the "bride"--are familiar to the Bible student. The sacred city appears linked to God by a sacred bond. (Comp. <a href="/context/psalms/45-13.htm" title="The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of worked gold.">Psalm 45:13-14</a>; <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm" title="I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.">Isaiah 61:10</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/62-4.htm" title="You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.">Isaiah 62:4-5</a>; <a href="/galatians/4-26.htm" title="But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.">Galatians 4:26</a>; <a href="/context/ephesians/5-25.htm" title="Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;">Ephesians 5:25-27</a>.) The city-bride is now adorned for her Husband. We know what her ornaments are, now that He is about to present her to Himself a glorious Church: the meekness and gentleness of Christ, and her loving obedience to Him (<a href="/1_peter/3-4.htm" title="But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.">1Peter 3:4</a>), are her jewels. She is seen, not rising from earth or sea, like the foes of righteousness (<a href="/revelation/13-1.htm" title="And I stood on the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads the name of blasphemy.">Revelation 13:1</a>; <a href="/revelation/13-11.htm" title="And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.">Revelation 13:11</a>), but coming down from heaven. The world will never evolve a golden age or ideal state. The new Jerusalem must descend from God. The true pattern, which alone will realise man's highest wishes, is the pattern in the mount of God (<a href="/acts/7-44.htm" title="Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.">Acts 7:44</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem. "John" must be omitted, according to all the best manuscripts. "The holy city" is the Church of God (see on Revelation 11:2), now glorified and prepared for perfect communion with her Redeemer (cf. the promise in <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Revelation 3:12</a>, which is now fulfilled; cf. also <a href="/galatians/4-26.htm">Galatians 4:26</a>; <a href="/hebrews/11-10.htm">Hebrews 11:10, 16</a>). Contrast this figure of the holy city with that of Babylon (see on Revelation 18.). Coming down from God out of heaven. Connect "out of heaven" with "coming down." The same words occur in <a href="/revelation/3-12.htm">Revelation 3:12</a> (which see). Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Here is the contrast to the "harlot" (see on Revelation 17:1). Though many of those forming the bride are rewarded according to their works (see <a href="/revelation/20-13.htm">Revelation 20:13</a>), yet their own works are insufficient to fit them for their future life; they are prepared by God. This appearance is anticipated in <a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7</a> (which see). <a href="/commentaries/revelation/21-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>I saw εἶδον (eidon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. holy ἁγίαν (hagian) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_40.htm">Strong's 40: </a> Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred. city, πόλιν (polin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town. [the] new καινὴν (kainēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2537.htm">Strong's 2537: </a> Fresh, new, unused, novel. Of uncertain affinity; new Jerusalem, Ἰερουσαλὴμ (Ierousalēm) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2419.htm">Strong's 2419: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Hierusalem, the capitol of Palestine. coming down καταβαίνουσαν (katabainousan) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2597.htm">Strong's 2597: </a> To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend. out of ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. heaven οὐρανοῦ (ouranou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. prepared ἡτοιμασμένην (hētoimasmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2090.htm">Strong's 2090: </a> To make ready, prepare. From hetoimos; to prepare. as ὡς (hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. a bride νύμφην (nymphēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3565.htm">Strong's 3565: </a> From a primary but obsolete verb nupto; a young married woman, including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife. adorned κεκοσμημένην (kekosmēmenēn) Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2885.htm">Strong's 2885: </a> To put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn. From kosmos; to put in proper order, i.e. Decorate; specially, to snuff. for τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. her αὐτῆς (autēs) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. husband. ἀνδρὶ (andri) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_435.htm">Strong's 435: </a> A male human being; a man, husband. 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