Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 22:2

"in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve [manner of] fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." — Revelation 22:2 (ASV)

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

God will enrich his Church by giving her a great variety of good things: twelve manner of fruits. There will also be a constant and perpetual supply of them, for this tree yielded her fruit every month. And if any ill remains anywhere in the world in those halcyon days, God will supply a cure for it: The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

In the midst of the street of it,

For heaven is a place of sacred fellowship and hallowed communion: in the midst of the street of it,

And on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits,

Every variety of joy and blessedness,

And yielded her fruit every month:

For the felicities of heaven are ever fresh and ever new, we shall never be satiated or wearied with that heavenly fruit.

And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

Everything in heaven is the very best of the best. The leaves of the trees in earthly gardens are blown about by the blast, and we take but little note of them; but the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations. O happy place, where even the leaves on the tree have such virtue in them!

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

The fruit of this "tree of life" is for all those who have partaken of the water of life; and the tree provides medicine as well as food: the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruit, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

When Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, he was cast out of Eden, so that he would not also eat of the tree of life; but our new "tree of life" yields us both medicine and food. Blessed are those who eat of it; they shall find a divine variety of mercies: twelve manner of fruits. They shall find a constant succession of blessings: and yielded her fruit every month. And there shall be an ever-present power of healing: the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.