Berean Standard Bible
Revelation 21:26
26And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
Revelation 21:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
- New International Version (NIV)The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.
Context of Revelation 21:26
24By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory. 25Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there. And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations. 27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
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Commentaries on Revelation 21:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26The glory and honor of the nations into it - Still alluding to the declarations of the prophets, (see the passages in the margin, Revelation 21:24, etc.), that the Gentiles would be led to contribute to the riches and glory of the temple by their gifts, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26And they shall bring - See the notes on Revelation 21:24. That blessed world shall be made up of all that was truly valuable and pure on the earth.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-27Verses 22-27 Perfect and direct communion with God, will more than supply the place of gospel institutions. And what words can more full express the union and co-equality of the Son with the Father, in the Godhead? What a dismal world would this be, if it were not for the light of the sun! What is there in heaven that supplies its place? The glory of God lightens that city, and the Lamb is the Light thereof. God in Christ will be an everlasting Fountain…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-27The final scenes of the new heaven and earth show a new community and home for God's people, created and given by God. These scenes uplift persecuted Christians. John shares his main vision (Revelation 21:1–8) and expands on it in two parts: In Revelation 21:9–27, he describes the new Jerusalem as a place of holy perfection; in Revelation 22:1–5, he portrays the new Jerusalem as the ultimate garden of Eden, which Adam and Eve could have experienced if…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. All that was truly glorious and excellent in the earth and its converted nations shall be gathered into it; and while all shall form one Bride, there shall be various orders among the redeemed, analogous to the divisions of nations on earth constituting the one great human family, and to the various orders of angels.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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