11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. …
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-27)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. God has a variety of work and employment for his holy angels. Sometimes they ar…
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