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Revelation 21:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass. "
Revelation 21:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
16 The city is square. Its length is as great as its width. He measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, width, and height are equal.
17 Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
18 The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.
19 The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
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Revelation 21:1
"I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more."
Revelation 21:2
"I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband."
Revelation 21:3
"I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people; and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God."
Revelation 21:4
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”"
Revelation 21:5
"He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”"
Revelation 21:6
"He said to me, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life."
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