18And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
And 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
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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