New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 21:15-16

15The one who spoke with me had a 1gold measuring 2rod to measure the city, its 3gates, and its wall.

16The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the 4rod, 5twelve thousand stadia; its length, width, and height are equal.

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Notes

1. Revelation 21:15 Lit measure, a gold reed ↩
2. Revelation 21:15 Ezek 40:3; Rev 11:1 ↩
3. Revelation 21:15 Rev 21:12, 21, 25 ↩
4. Revelation 21:16 Lit reed ↩
5. Revelation 21:16 Possibly about 1,380 miles or 2,220 km; a Roman stadion perhaps averaged 607 ft. or 185 m ↩

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