Revelation:21:12-14

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rwp @Revelation:21:12 @{Having a wall great and high } (\echousa teichos mega kai hups ˆlon \). John returns , after the parenthesis in verse 11 |, to the structure in verse 10 |, only to use the accusative \echousan \ as before to agree with \polin \, but the nominative \echousa \ as again with "twelve gates " (\pul “nas d “deka \). \Pul “n \ is an old word (from \pul ˆ\ gate ) for a large gate as in strkjv @Luke:16:20 | and six times in Rev . for the gate tower of a city wall (Revelation:21:12 ,13 ,15 ,21 ,25 ; strkjv @22:14 |) as in strkjv @1Kings:17:10 ; strkjv @Acts:14:13 |. See strkjv @Ezekiel:48:31ff .| for these twelve gates , one for each tribe (cf . strkjv @Revelation:7:1-8 |). {At the gates } (\epi tois pul “sin \). "Upon the gate towers ." {Twelve angels } (\aggelous d “deka \). As \pul “roi \ or \phulakes \ according to strkjv @Isaiah:62:6 ; strkjv @2Chronicles:8:14 |. {Names written thereon } (\onomata epigegrammena \). Perfect passive participle of \epigraph “\. {Which are the names } (\ha estin \). Just as in Ezekiel 's vision (48:31ff .|), so here the names of the twelve tribes of Israel appear , one on each gate . rwp @Revelation:21:13 @{Three gates } (\pul “nes treis \) on each of the four sides as in strkjv @Ezekiel:42:16ff .|; "on the east " (\apo anatol ˆs \, as in strkjv @16:12 |, starting from the east ), "on the north " (\apo borr ƒ\, from the north , as in strkjv @Luke:13:29 |), "on the south " (\apo notou \, from the south , as in strkjv @Luke:13:29 |), "on the west " (\apo dusm “n \, from the west , as in strkjv @Matthew:8:11 |). rwp @Revelation:21:14 @{Had } (\ech “n \). Masculine present active participle of \ech “\ instead of \echon \ (neuter like to \teichos \), and the participle occurs independently as if a principal verb (\eichen \) as often in this book . {Twelve foundations } (\themelious d “deka \). Foundation stones , old adjective (from \thema \, from \tith ˆmi \), here as in strkjv @1Corinthians:3:11ff .; strkjv @2Timothy:2:19 |, with \lithous \ (stones understood ), though often neuter substantive to \themelion \ (Luke:6:48f .; strkjv @Acts:16:26 |). See strkjv @Isaiah:28:16 ; strkjv @Hebrews:11:10 |. Twelve because of the twelve apostles as foundation stones (Ephesians:2:20 |). {On them } (\ep ' aut “n \). On the twelve foundation stones . {Names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb } (\onomata t “n d “deka apostol “n tou arniou \). Jesus had spoken of twelve thrones for the apostles (Matthew:19:28 |); names of all twelve are here written , not just that of Peter , as some would argue from strkjv @Matthew:16:18 |. As a matter of fact , Christ is the corner stone or \akrog “niaion \ (1Peter:2:6 ; strkjv @1Corinthians:3:10 ; strkjv @Ephesians:2:20 |), though rejected by the Sanhedrin (Matthew:21:42ff .|). One may wonder if the name of Judas is on that stone or that of Matthias .

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