| 词条 | Revelation 21 |
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Revelation 13:16-14:4 on Papyrus 47 from the third century. }}Revelation 21 is the twenty-first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle,[1][2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate.[3]TextThe original text is written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 27 verses. Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
Verse 1New King James VersionNow I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.[5]Non-conformist minister Alexander Maclaren interprets "a new heaven and a new earth" as meaning "a renovated condition of humanity" and suggests that "and the sea is no more" is "probably ... to be taken in a symbolic sense, as shadowing forth the absence of unruly power, of mysterious and hostile forces, of estranging gulfs of separation". Referring to the island of Patmos where the writer experienced his vision, Maclaren continues, "The sad and solitary and estranging ocean that raged around his little rock sanctuary has passed away for ever".[6] Verse 2New King James VersionThen I, [John], saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.[7] The name John appears in the King James Version and New King James Version but is generally omitted in other English translations.[8] Verse 6New King James VersionAnd He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.[9] Verse 14New King James VersionThe wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.[10] W H Simcox, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, observes that St John the Apostle (if he was the author) "does not notice his own name being written there".[11] Verse 27New King James VersionBut there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.[12] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Davids|first=Peter H|title=New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James|year=1982|publisher=Eerdmans|location=Grand Rapids, Mich.|isbn=0802823882|edition=Repr.|editor=I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Craig A|title=Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation|year=2005|publisher=Victor|location=Colorado Springs, Colo.|isbn=0781442281|editor=Craig A Evans}} 3. ^F. L. Cross, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), 45 4. ^Claremont Coptic Encyclopaedia, Codex Vaticanus, accessed 29 September 2018 5. ^{{bibleref2|Revelation|21:1|NKJV}} 6. ^Maclaren, A., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/maclaren/revelation/21.htm MacLaren: Expositions of Holy Scripture] on Revelation 21, accessed 16 December 2018 7. ^{{bibleref2|Revelation|21:2|NKJV}} 8. ^BibleGateway.com, [https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Revelation%2021:2 Revelation 21:2 in various translations] 9. ^{{bibleref2|Revelation|21:6|NKJV}} 10. ^{{bibleref2|Revelation|21:14|NKJV}} 11. ^[https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/revelation/21.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges] on Revelation 21, accessed 17 December 2018 12. ^{{bibleref2|Revelation|21:27|NKJV}} External links
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