Passage Research
Revelation 21 — Sermon Preparation
A new heaven and new earth appear, and the holy city New Jerusalem descends from God, radiant with his glory and free from all sorrow, pain, and death. Below is a research summary for Revelation 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Revelation 21 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| πυλών | pylṓn | G4440 | 10 | gate, porch |
| δώδεκα | dṓdeka | G1427 | 9 | twelve |
| πόλις | pólis | G4172 | 10 | city |
| τεῖχος | teîchos | G5038 | 6 | wall |
| ἀρνίον | arníon | G721 | 5 | lamb |
| καινός | kainós | G2537 | 4 | new |
| ἴασπις | íaspis | G2393 | 3 | jasper |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Revelation 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“God has various employments for his holy angels. Sometimes they sound the trumpet of Divine Providence, and warn a careless world; sometimes they discover things of a heavenly nature of the heirs of salvation. Those who would have clear views of heaven, must get as near to heaven as they can, on the mount of meditation and faith. The subject of the vision is the church of God in a perfect, triumphant state, shining in its lustre; glorious in relation to Christ; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Revelation 21:9–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Rev 21:10
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