Revelation 21:22

22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

Revelation 21:22 in Other Translations

22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.

22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

22 But there was no sign of a Temple, for the Lord God - the Sovereign-Strong - and the Lamb are the Temple.

22 I did not see a sanctuary in it, because the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its sanctuary.

Revelation 21:22 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 21:22

And I saw no temple therein
No material temple, as was in the old Jerusalem, or such as is described in Ezekiel's vision; nor any place of public worship, as under the Gospel dispensation; for in this state there will be no such external form of worship as now, such as preaching the word and administering ordinances. The Jews expect a third temple, but in vain.

For the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple of it;
God will be immediately present with his people, whose face they shall see, and whom they will serve in the most pure and spiritual manner; and Christ in his human nature, in the temple of his body, that tabernacle which God pitched, and not man, which is filled with the train of the divine perfections, and in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily, will be the only medium of the divine Presence, and of the communications of glory to men, and of the saints' praise to God, which will be the service they will be employed in; and the Lamb being joined with the Lord God Almighty, shows his deity and his equality with his Father.

Revelation 21:22 In-Context

20 the fifth onyx, the sixth ruby, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth turquoise, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.

22 I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.

24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

Cross References

• 1. John 4:21,23
• 2. S Revelation 1:8
• 3. S Revelation 5:6