Revelation 21:15

15 et qui loquebatur mecum habebat mensuram harundinem auream ut metiretur civitatem et portas eius et murum

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 ab oriente portae tres et ab aquilone portae tres et ab austro portae tres et ab occasu portae tres

14 et murus civitatis habens fundamenta duodecim et in ipsis duodecim nomina duodecim apostolorum agni

15 et qui loquebatur mecum habebat mensuram harundinem auream ut metiretur civitatem et portas eius et murum

16 et civitas in quadro posita est et longitudo eius tanta est quanta et latitudo et mensus est civitatem de harundine per stadia duodecim milia longitudo et latitudo et altitudo eius aequalia sunt

17 et mensus est murus eius centum quadraginta quattuor cubitorum mensura hominis quae est angeli