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having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
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A City of Perfect Security
Commentators unanimously interpret the "great and high wall" as a powerful symbol of the absolute security and peace of God's people. In the New Jerusalem, believers are eternally protected by God's almighty power, completely safe and separated from all evil, enemies, and impurity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And had a wall great and high. Ancient cities were always surrounded with walls for protection, and John represents this as enclosed in th…
Having a wall great and high (εχουσα τειχος μεγα κα υψηλον). John returns, after the parenthesis in verse 11, to the structure in …
19th Century
Anglican
And had a wall great and high...—Or, better (as the construction is continued), Having a wall great and high,…
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Baptist
And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I…
In John’s description of the city, precious stones, brilliant colors, and the effulgence of light abound. The problem of the literalness of the cit…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And had a wall great and high Not the Spirit of God, who separates, sanctifies, and preserves the saints, as Cocceius thinks, …
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God has various employments for his holy angels. Sometimes they sound the trumpet of Divine Providence and warn a careless world; sometimes they re…
