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Revelation 21:17 KJV
Revelation · chapter 21 · verse 17
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.Revelation 21:17 · King James Version
Revelation 21:17 in context
15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- measuredmetreōto measure, to measure out or off, any space or distance with a measurer s reed or rule…G3354 →
- hundredhekatona hundredG1540 →
- measuremetronmeasure, an instrument for measuring, a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity…G3358 →
- cubitspēchysa cubit, a measure of length equal to distance from the joint of the elbow to the tip of…G4083 →
- fortytessarakontafortyG5062 →
- wallteichosthe wall around a city, town wallG5038 →
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We have already considered the introduction to the vision of the new Jerusalem in a more general idea of the heavenly state; we now come to the vision itself, where observe, I. The person that opened the vision to the apostle - one of the seven angels, that had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, Rev 21:9.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-27