Wahyu 21:12

21:12 It has ¹  a massive, high wall ²  with twelve gates, ³  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁴  are written on the gates. ⁵ 

Wahyu 21:14

21:14 The ⁶  wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Wahyu 21:21

21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The ⁷  main street ⁸  of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

[21:12]  ¹ tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[21:12]  ² tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”

[21:12]  ³ tn On this term BDAG 897 s.v. πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces…of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem…οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”

[21:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

[21:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:14]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:21]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:21]  ⁸ tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).