Qǐshìlù 21:17

17 Yòu liáng le chéngqiáng , àn zhe rén de chǐcùn , jiù shì tiānshǐ de chǐcùn , gòng yǒu yī bǎi sì shí sì zhǒu .

Qǐshìlù 21:17 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 21:17

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and
four cubits
The root of which is twelve, for twelve times twelve is a hundred and forty four; which number is mystical and apostolical, and suited to the perfect state of this church: hence twelve gates, and twelve angels at them, and the names of the twelve tribes on them, and twelve foundations of the wall, and twelve thousand furlongs, the measure of the city.

According to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel;
who talked with John, and measured the city, gates, and wall, and who appeared in the form of a man; and his reed might be, as some have supposed, the length of a man, six cubits, or six feet, as in ( Ezekiel 40:5 ) and may denote that this business requires the utmost wisdom and understanding of a man, and even of an angel, to look into, and find out; see ( Revelation 13:18 ) and also may signify the angelic state of the saints at this time, when the children of the resurrection will be like the angels of God, for immortality and glory.

Qǐshìlù 21:17 In-Context

15 Duì wǒ shuōhuà de ná zhe jīn wĕizi dàng chǐ , yào liáng nà chéng , hé chéng mén chéngqiáng .

16 Chéng de sìfāng de , cháng kuān yíyàng . tiānshǐ yòng wĕizi liáng nà chéng , gòng yǒu sì qiā lǐ . cháng kuān gāo dōu shì yíyàng .

17 Yòu liáng le chéngqiáng , àn zhe rén de chǐcùn , jiù shì tiānshǐ de chǐcùn , gòng yǒu yī bǎi sì shí sì zhǒu .

18 Qiáng shì bìyù zào de . chéng shì jīng jīn de , rútóng míngjìng de bō li .

19 Chéngqiáng de gēnjī shì yòng gèyàng bǎoshí xiūshì de . dì yī gēnjī shì bìyù . dì èr shì lánbǎoshí . dì sān shì lù mǎnǎo . dì sì shì lǜbǎoshí .