Revelation 21:18
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
KJV
καὶ ἡ ἐνδώμησις τοῦ τείχους αὐτῆς ἴασπις, καὶ ἡ πόλις χρυσίον καθαρὸν ὅμοιον ὑάλῳ καθαρῷ.
Greek NT
Et erat structura muri ejus ex lapide jaspide : ipsa vero civitas aurum mundum simile vitro mundo.
Vulgate
And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto pure glass.
ASV
And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the city itself pure gold like to clear glass.
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαρός
katharos
adjective · 26×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
τεῖχος
teichos
noun · 9×
χρυσίον
chrusion
noun · 10×
ἐνδόμησις
endomesis
noun · 1×
ἴασπις
iaspis
noun · 4×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅμοιος
omoios
adjective · 45×
ὕαλος
ualos
noun · 2×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/NIV: καὶ | Treg/RP: + ἦν
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἦν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§117The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Bapt…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:12 — Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- Isa 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
- Rev 4:6 — 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.
- Rev 15:2 — And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of
- Rev 21:11 — Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Rev 21:11 — Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Rev 21:19 — 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;
- Rev 21:21 — 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.
- Rev 21:21 — 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.