Revelation 21:15

15 And he that talked with me had a golden read to measure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof.

Revelation 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 21:15

And he that talked with me
One of the seven angels, ( Revelation 21:9 ) for not a man is the measurer of this city, as in ( Ezekiel 40:3 ) nor John, as of the temple, ( Revelation 11:1 ) but an angel, the same that showed to John this great sight:

had a golden reed;
not a common measuring reed, or rod, as in ( Ezekiel 40:4 ) ( Revelation 11:1 ) but one covered with gold, denoting the present glorious state of the church, being without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing:

to measure the city;
the new Jerusalem, its length and breadth; see ( Zechariah 2:1 Zechariah 2:2 ) to show how exactly conformable this church state will be to the rule of God's word, even to perfection: and the gates thereof; to signify who had a right to enter into it, and who not:

and the wall thereof;
its height, it being exceeding high.

Revelation 21:15 In-Context

13 on the est parte iii gatis and on the north syde iii gates and to wardes the south iii gates and from the west iii gates:

14 and the wall of the cite had xii foundacions and in them the names of the lambes .xii. Apostles.

15 And he that talked with me had a golden read to measure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof.

16 And the cite was bylt iiii. square and the length was as large as the bredth of it and he measured the cite with the rede .xii M. fur longes: and the lenght and the bredth and ye heyth of it were equall.

17 And he measured the wall therof. an cxliiii. cubittes: the measure that ye angell had was after the measure that man vseth.