启示录 21:14

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

城牆有十二座根基，根基上有羊羔的十二使徒的名字。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
城 墙 有 十 二 根 基 ， 根 基 上 有 羔 羊 十 二 使 徒 的 名 字 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last troubles came to me, saying, "Come with me, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." ¹⁰ And the angel carried me away by the Spirit to a very large and high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. ¹¹ It was shining with the glory of God and was bright like a very expensive jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. ¹² The city had a great high wall with twelve gates with twelve angels at the gates, and on each gate was written the name of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. ¹³ There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west. ¹⁴ The walls of the city were built on twelve foundation stones, and on the stones were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod made of gold to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶ The city was built in a square, and its length was equal to its width. The angel measured the city with the rod. The city was 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high. ¹⁷ The angel also measured the wall. It was 216 feet high, by human measurements, which the angel was using. ¹⁸ The wall was made of jasper, and the city was made of pure gold, as pure as glass.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

foundations: Revelation 21:19-21, Isaiah 54:11, Hebrews 11:10

and in: Revelation 18:20, Matthew 10:2-4, Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 3:11, Galatians 2:9, Ephesians 2:20, Ephesians 3:5, Ephesians 4:11, Jude 1:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:22 - Now the sons Exodus 24:4 - according Numbers 7:84 - the dedication 1 Kings 5:17 - costly stones 2 Chronicles 4:4 - It stood Matthew 5:14 - a city Luke 6:13 - twelve Luke 9:48 - he that Luke 22:29 - General John 1:29 - Behold John 17:22 - the glory Acts 1:2 - the apostles 2 Timothy 2:19 - the foundation Revelation 12:1 - crown

Cross-References

Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the desert, by the road to Shur.

Genesis 19:27
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord .

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:7
No one thought that I would be able to have Abraham's child, but even though Abraham is old I have given him a son."

Genesis 21:23
So make a promise to me here before God that you will be fair with me and my children and my descendants. Be kind to me and to this land where you have lived as a stranger—as kind as I have been to you."

Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about Abimelech's servants who had seized a well of water.

Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord , the God who lives forever.

Genesis 22:3
Abraham got up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. After he cut the wood for the sacrifice, they went to the place God had told them to go.

Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham returned to his servants. They all traveled back to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,.... Christ is the one and only foundation of his church and people, of the covenant of grace, and of salvation; and of faith, hope, peace, and joy, and of eternal happiness, and so of this glorious state of the church; he will be the light and temple of it, the glory and safety of it; he will be all in all in it; but because he has been ministerially laid as the foundation, by the twelve apostles, for men to build their present and future happiness upon, therefore the foundations of the wall of salvation are said to be twelve; see Ephesians 2:20. Moreover, this may denote the firm and immovable state of the church at this time, it being a city which has foundations, or is well founded,

Hebrews 11:10 with which compare Isaiah 14:32. Hence it follows,

and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. The Alexandrian copy, Vulgate Latin, Syriac and Arabic versions, read, "the twelve names of the twelve apostles"; the allusion seems to be to the inscribing of the names of builders on stones laid in the foundation, in memory of them; and so these wise master builders will be had in everlasting remembrance.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations - It is not said whether these foundations were twelve rows of stones placed one above another under the city, and extending round it, or whether they were twelve stones placed at intervals. The former would seem to be the most probable, as the latter would indicate comparative feebleness and liability to fall. Compare the notes on Revelation 21:19.

And in them - In the foundation of stones. That is, the names of the apostles were cut or carved in them so as to be conspicuous.

The names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb - Of the Lamb of God; the Messiah. For an illustration of this passage, see the notes on Ephesians 2:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 21:14. The wall-had twelve foundations — Probably twelve stones, one of which served for a foundation or threshold to each gate; and on these were inscribed the names of the twelve apostles, to intimate that it was by the doctrine of the apostles that souls enter into the Church, and thence into the New Jerusalem.