Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 21:11

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11. Having the glory of God —not merely the Shekinah-cloud, but God Himself as her glory dwelling in the midst of her. Compare the type, the earthly Jerusalem in the millennium ( Zechariah 2:5 ; compare Zechariah 2:5- : , below). her light — Greek, "light-giver": properly applied to the heavenly luminaries which diffuse light. Compare Note, see on Zechariah 2:5- : , the only other passage where it occurs. The "and" before "her light' is omitted in A, B, and Vulgate. even like — Greek, "as it were." jasper —representing watery crystalline brightness. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-rev-21-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/rev-21-11

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological