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Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),
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A City of Perfect Peace
Commentators explain that in the ancient world, city gates were shut at night for protection. The eternally open gates of the New Jerusalem powerfully symbolize its perfect and permanent peace. As Charles Spurgeon notes, "Shut gates signify war; open gates mean peace." In heaven, there will be no more fear, no enemies, and no need for defense, signifying absolute security for all its inhabitants.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day. The city will be constantly open, allowing free ingress and egress to all who reside …
Shall in no wise be shut (ου μη κλεισθωσιν). Double negative with the first aorist passive subjunctive of κλειω.
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19th Century
Anglican
And the gates of it ...—Better, And the gates (or, gate-towers) will never be shut by day, …
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Baptist
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
There will be no need to shut out enemies a…
John turns from this beautiful description of the city to the life within it. In antiquity every notable city had at least one central temple. The …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day Which does not design the free communication between the living …
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Perfect and direct communion with God will more than replace gospel institutions. And what words can more fully express the union and co-equality o…
