Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 22:5

"And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever." — Revelation 22:5 (ASV)

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun;

Even the sun is only worthy to be ranked with a candle in comparison with the light of God himself. John puts the two things in one sentence: they need no candle, neither light of the sun;

And there shall be no night there;

The saints in glory will have no need of sleep, so there shall be no night there, but one perpetual day of holy, unwearying service.

There shall be no night of ignorance, of sorrow, of sin, of death; there shall be no powers of darkness there, and no darkness in which they might work their evil deeds.

And they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:

Directly and distinctly, without using any means, by his own immediate presence, the Lord God giveth them light:.

And they shall reign for ever and ever.

Earthly kings die, or their empires on earth are taken from them; but as for us whom God has chosen by His grace, our kingdom is like that of our Lord and Savior—it is an everlasting kingdom.

They shall reign for ever and ever. I am surprised that some wise man does not try to prove that this means the saints shall reign only for a short time. Since they have whittled everlasting punishment down to almost nothing, why do they not also try to reduce the duration of heavenly bliss in the same way? The same words are used for the one as for the other; therefore, we shall always maintain the eternity of both the one and the other—the bliss and the woe are equally for ever and ever.

And there shall be no night there;

Here, there are nights of ignorance, of sorrow, of sin, and of fear; but there shall be no night there.