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I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem,[a] coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.(A) I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race.(B) He will dwell with them and they will be his people[b] and God himself will always be with them [as their God].[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:2 New Jerusalem…bride: symbol of the church (Gal 4:26); see note on Rev 19:7.
  2. 21:3–4 Language taken from Ez 37:27; Is 25:8; 35:10; cf. Rev 7:17.
  3. 21:3 People: other ancient manuscripts read a plural, “peoples.”

I saw the Holy City,(A) the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,(B) prepared as a bride(C) beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(D) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(E)

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35 The circuit of the city shall be eighteen thousand cubits. From now on the name of the city is “The Lord is there.”(A)

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35 “The distance all around will be 18,000 cubits.[a]

“And the name of the city from that time on will be:

the Lord is there.(A)

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  1. Ezekiel 48:35 That is, about 6 miles or about 9.5 kilometers

13 He wore a cloak that had been dipped in[a] blood, and his name was called the Word of God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:13 Had been dipped in: other Greek manuscripts and versions read “had been sprinkled with”; cf. Rev 19:15. The Word of God: Christ is the revelation of the Father; cf. Jn 1:1, 14; 1 Jn 2:14.

13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood,(A) and his name is the Word of God.(B)

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