John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 21:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he that talked with me, etc.] One of the seven angels, (<662109>Revelation 21:9) for not a man is the measurer of this city, as in (<264003>Ezekiel 40:3) nor John, as of the temple, (<661101>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 (<264004>Ezekiel 40:4 <661101>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 <380201> Zechariah 2:1,2) 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.

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