The Revelation of St. John the Divine
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- Chapter 21 -
(Isaiah 65:17–25)
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(a)21:1
The first heaven and the first earth was gone: being changed, not as to their substance, but in their qualities.(Challoner)
(b)21:16 There is some uncertainty about whether the city was 12 by 12 by 12, or 3 by 3 by 3. In my opinion, the 12 thousand stadia is related to the 12 sections of the wall, so the perimeter is 12 thousand stadia; this interpretation makes the latter part of the verse much more significant, in that it is needed to indicate that the length and height are equal (so 3 thousand stadia each), and that the height is therefore also 3 thousand stadia.(Conte)
(c)21:17
The measure of a man, i.e., According to the measure of men, and used by the angel: This seems to be the true meaning of these words.(Challoner)
(Isaiah 65:17–25)
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(a)21:8 TR and NU omit “sinners”
(b)21:8 The word for “sorcerers” here also includes users of potions and drugs.
(c)21:16 12,012 stadia = 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.
(d)21:17 144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet
(e)21:19 or, lapis lazuli