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Text -- Revelation 21:3 (NET)

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21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.
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Robertson , Vincent , Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Defender , TSK

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TSK Synopsis , Maclaren , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Barclay , Constable , College

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Rev 21:3 - -- The tabernacle of God is with men ( hē skēnē tou theou meta tōn anthrōpōn ). It is one of the angels of the Presence (Rev 16:17; Rev 19:5...

The tabernacle of God is with men ( hē skēnē tou theou meta tōn anthrōpōn ).

It is one of the angels of the Presence (Rev 16:17; Rev 19:5) speaking.

Robertson: Rev 21:3 - -- And he shall dwell with them ( kai skēnōsei met' autōn ). Future active of skēnoō , already in Rev 7:15 from Eze 37:27; Zec 2:10; Zec 8:8 a...

And he shall dwell with them ( kai skēnōsei met' autōn ).

Future active of skēnoō , already in Rev 7:15 from Eze 37:27; Zec 2:10; Zec 8:8 and used of the Incarnate Christ on earth by John (Joh 1:14), now a blessed reality of the Father. The metaphor stands for the Shekinah Glory of God in the old tabernacle (Rev 7:15; Rev 13:6; Rev 15:5), the true tabernacle of which it was a picture (Heb 8:2; Heb 9:11). God is now Immanuel in fact, as was true of Christ (Mat 1:23).

Vincent: Rev 21:3 - -- With men Men at large. No longer with an isolated people like Israel.

With men

Men at large. No longer with an isolated people like Israel.

Vincent: Rev 21:3 - -- He shall dwell ( σκηνώσει ) Lit., tabernacle . Only in Revelation and Joh 1:14. The word " denotes much more than the mere general not...

He shall dwell ( σκηνώσει )

Lit., tabernacle . Only in Revelation and Joh 1:14. The word " denotes much more than the mere general notion of dwelling. There lies in it one of the particulars of that identification of Christ and His people which is fundamental to the seer." See on Joh 1:14. Compare Eze 37:27, Eze 37:28.

Vincent: Rev 21:3 - -- People ( λαοὶ ) Notice the plural, peoples (so Rev.), because many nations shall partake of the fulfillment of the promise. Compare Rev 2...

People ( λαοὶ )

Notice the plural, peoples (so Rev.), because many nations shall partake of the fulfillment of the promise. Compare Rev 21:24.

Vincent: Rev 21:3 - -- And God Himself shall be with them and be their God And be is inserted. The Greek is shall be with them their God .

And God Himself shall be with them and be their God

And be is inserted. The Greek is shall be with them their God .

Wesley: Rev 21:3 - -- So shall the covenant between God and his people be executed in the most glorious manner.

So shall the covenant between God and his people be executed in the most glorious manner.

JFB: Rev 21:3 - -- So ANDREAS. But A and Vulgate read, "out of the throne."

So ANDREAS. But A and Vulgate read, "out of the throne."

JFB: Rev 21:3 - -- Alluding to the tabernacle of God in the wilderness (wherein many signs of His presence were given): of which this is the antitype, having previously ...

Alluding to the tabernacle of God in the wilderness (wherein many signs of His presence were given): of which this is the antitype, having previously been in heaven: Rev 11:19; Rev 15:5, "the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven"; also Rev 13:6. Compare the contrast in Heb 9:23, Heb 9:14, between "the patterns" and "the heavenly things themselves," between "the figures" and "the true." The earnest of the true and heavenly tabernacle was afforded in the Jerusalem temple described in Eze. 40:1-42:20, as about to be, namely, during the millennium.

JFB: Rev 21:3 - -- Literally, "tabernacle with them"; the same Greek word as is used of the divine Son "tabernacling among us." Then He was in the weakness of the flesh:...

Literally, "tabernacle with them"; the same Greek word as is used of the divine Son "tabernacling among us." Then He was in the weakness of the flesh: but at the new creation of heaven and earth He shall tabernacle among us in the glory of His manifested Godhead (Rev 22:4).

JFB: Rev 21:3 - -- In Greek emphatic, "they" (in particular).

In Greek emphatic, "they" (in particular).

JFB: Rev 21:3 - -- Greek, "His peoples": "the nations of the saved" being all peculiarly His, as Israel was designed to be. So A reads. But B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Copti...

Greek, "His peoples": "the nations of the saved" being all peculiarly His, as Israel was designed to be. So A reads. But B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read, "His people": singular.

JFB: Rev 21:3 - -- Realizing fully His name Immanuel.

Realizing fully His name Immanuel.

Clarke: Rev 21:3 - -- The tabernacle of God is with men - God, in the most especial manner, dwells among his followers, diffusing his light and life everywhere.

The tabernacle of God is with men - God, in the most especial manner, dwells among his followers, diffusing his light and life everywhere.

Defender: Rev 21:3 - -- The ancient tabernacle in the wilderness, where God dwelt and occasionally communicated with His earthly people Israel, was merely a type of the etern...

The ancient tabernacle in the wilderness, where God dwelt and occasionally communicated with His earthly people Israel, was merely a type of the eternal tabernacle, the new Jerusalem, where God will dwell personally forever with all His people from every nation (compare Lev 26:11; Zec 2:11). Also remember that when Jesus tabernacled among us (Joh 1:14) in the days of His flesh, He was "Emmanuel," meaning "God with us," this also being a type of His future continual dwelling among us (Mat 1:23)."

TSK: Rev 21:3 - -- a great : Rev 10:4, Rev 10:8, Rev 12:10 Behold : Rev 7:15; Lev 26:11, Lev 26:12; 1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 6:18; Isa 12:6; Eze 37:27, Eze 43:7; Joh 1:14, Joh 14:2...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Rev 21:3 - -- And I heard a great voice out of heaven - As if uttered by God himself or the voice, of angels. Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men ...

And I heard a great voice out of heaven - As if uttered by God himself or the voice, of angels.

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men - The tabernacle, as that word is commonly used in the Scriptures, referring to the sacred "tent"erected in the wilderness, was regarded as the unique dwelling-place of God among his people - as the temple was afterward, which was also called a "tabernacle."See the notes on Heb 9:2. The meaning here is, that God would now dwell with the redeemed, as if in a tabernacle, or in a house specially prepared for his residence among them. It is not said that this would be "on the earth,"although that may be; for it is possible that the earth, as well as other worlds, may yet become the abode of the redeemed. See the notes on 2Pe 3:13.

And he will dwell with them - As in a tent, or tabernacle - σκηνώσει skēnōsei . This is a common idea in the Scriptures.

And they shall be his people - He will acknowledge them in this public way as his own, and will dwell with them as such.

And God himself shall be with them - Shall be permanently with them; shall never leave them.

And be their God - Shall manifest himself as such, in such a manner that there shall be no doubt.

Poole: Rev 21:3 - -- What is said here, is applicable to the church of God in this life, yea, to every true believer, whose body is said to be the temple of the Lord, ...

What is said here, is applicable to the church of God in this life, yea, to every true believer, whose body is said to be the temple of the Lord, and in whom the Lord dwells, according to the phrase of the Holy Ghost in many places of the New Testament; of whom it is also true, that God is

with them, and will be their God but more especially applicable to the church triumphant, as dwelling signifies a constancy of abode, and more full manifestation of a person. The state of the saints in glory is thus described by a being ever with the Lord, 1Th 4:17 .

Haydock: Rev 21:3 - -- Behold the tabernacle of God with men, inasmuch as God's elect shall there dwell with him for ever and ever. (Witham)

Behold the tabernacle of God with men, inasmuch as God's elect shall there dwell with him for ever and ever. (Witham)

Gill: Rev 21:3 - -- And I heard a great voice out of heaven,.... Either of an angel, or rather of Christ, or God himself; since the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin ver...

And I heard a great voice out of heaven,.... Either of an angel, or rather of Christ, or God himself; since the Alexandrian copy and Vulgate Latin version read, "out of the throne",

saying, behold the tabernacle of God is with men; in allusion to the tabernacle being with the Israelites, and the "Shechinah", or divine Majesty, being in the midst of them, and as an accomplishment of the promise in Eze 37:27 in the fullest sense of it; and designs something distinct from the spiritual presence of Christ in his church, as his tabernacle and temple, and in the hearts of his people; and from the heavenly glory, or ultimate state of happiness, in which they will be "with him", and that not as in a tabernacle, but as in a city, which has foundations: the phrase seems to denote the personal presence of Christ with his saints in human nature, like, though different from, that in the time of his humiliation; then he dwelt or tabernacled with men on earth, but it was in the form of a servant; but now he will appear in a glorious body, and indeed in all his personal glory, and reign among them as their King:

and he will dwell with them; in person and not by his Spirit, or by faith, as before, nor as a wayfaring man only for a night; but he will dwell with them for the space of a thousand years, and after that for ever: Christ and his church will now be come together as husband and wife:

and they shall be his people; that is, they shall appear to be his covenant people, that will be out of all doubt; this is made manifest in some measure in the effectual calling; but it does not yet appear neither to the saints themselves, nor to others, what they are, and shall be, but now it will be evident and unquestionable.

And God himself shall be with them; the "Immanuel", God with us; not by his Spirit, as he was after his ascension to heaven, and since is; but in person, he himself will descend from heaven, when his church, the new Jerusalem does; the Lord their God will come in person with all the saints, and will be King over all the earth.

And be their God, as Thomas styles him, my Lord, and my God, Joh 20:28. The covenant of grace, with all its blessings and promises, are in him, and now will it have its full accomplishment, and the saints be in a state inexpressibly happy; see Psa 144:15.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 21:3 ‡ Most mss (א ÏK) do not add the words “[as] their God” (αὐτῶν θεός, autwn...

Geneva Bible: Rev 21:3 ( 3 ) And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Rev 21:1-27 - --1 A new heaven and a new earth.10 The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof.23 She needs no sun, the glory of God being her light.24 The...

Maclaren: Rev 21:1-7 - --The New Jerusalem On The New Earth "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away: and there was ...

Maclaren: Rev 21:3-4 - --II. The Vision Is Supplemented By Words Explanatory To The Seer Of What He Beheld, (Rev. 21:3-4), and all turns on two great thoughts--the blessed cl...

MHCC: Rev 21:1-8 - --The new heaven and the new earth will not be separate from each other; the earth of the saints, their glorified, bodies, will be heavenly. The old wor...

Matthew Henry: Rev 21:1-8 - -- We have here a more general account of the happiness of the church of God in the future state, by which it seems most safe to understand the heavenl...

Barclay: Rev 21:3-4 - --Here is the promise of fellowship with God and all its precious consequences. The voice is that of one of the Angels of the Presence. God is to make ...

Barclay: Rev 21:3-4 - --God's promise to make Israel his people and to be their God echoes throughout the Old Testament. "I will make my abode among you... and I will walk ...

Constable: Rev 4:1--22:6 - --III. THE REVELATION OF THE FUTURE 4:1--22:5 John recorded the rest of this book to reveal those aspects of the f...

Constable: Rev 21:1--22:6 - --N. The eternal state 21:1-22:5 The next scenes in John's visions proved to be of conditions that will ex...

Constable: Rev 21:2-8 - --2. John's first vision of the New Jerusalem 21:2-8 21:2 In the same vision, John next saw a city descending out of heaven from God (cf. v. 10; 3:12; H...

College: Rev 21:1-27 - -- REVELATION 21-22 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer an...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE REVELATION OF JOHN ABOUT a.d. 95 By Way of Introduction Difficulty in the Problem Perhaps no single book in the New Testament presents so ...

JFB: Revelation (Book Introduction) AUTHENTICITY.--The author calls himself John (Rev 1:1, Rev 1:4, Rev 1:9; Rev 2:8). JUSTIN MARTYR [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 308] (A.D. 139-161) quotes ...

JFB: Revelation (Outline) TITLE: SOURCE AND OBJECT OF THIS REVELATION: BLESSING ON THE READER AND KEEPER OF IT, AS THE TIME IS NEAR: INSCRIPTION TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES: APOSTOL...

TSK: Revelation (Book Introduction) The obscurity of this prophecy, which has been urged against its genuineness, necessarily results from the highly figurative and symbolical language i...

TSK: Revelation 21 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rev 21:1, A new heaven and a new earth; Rev 21:10, The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full description thereof; Rev 21:23, She needs no sun, ...

Poole: Revelation 21 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 21

MHCC: Revelation (Book Introduction) The Book of the Revelation of St. John consists of two principal divisions. 1. Relates to " the things which are," that is, the then present state of...

MHCC: Revelation 21 (Chapter Introduction) (Rev 21:1-8) A new heaven, and new earth: the new Jerusalem where God dwells, and banishes all sorrow from his people. (Rev 21:9-21) Its heavenly ori...

Matthew Henry: Revelation (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Revelation of St. John the Divine It ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this b...

Matthew Henry: Revelation 21 (Chapter Introduction) Hitherto the prophecy of this book has presented to us a very remarkable mixture of light and shade, prosperity and adversity, mercy and judgment, ...

Barclay: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE REVELATION OF JOHN The Strange Book When a student of the New Testament embarks upon the study of the Revelation he feels him...

Barclay: Revelation 21 (Chapter Introduction) The New Creation (Rev_21:1) (1) The New Jerusalem (Rev_21:2) (2) The New Jerusalem (Rev_21:2 Continued) (1) Fellowship With God (Rev_21:3-4) (2)...

Constable: Revelation (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The opening verses of the book state that "John" wr...

Constable: Revelation (Outline) Outline I. The preparation of the prophet ch. 1 A. The prologue of the book 1:1-8 ...

Constable: Revelation Revelation Bibliography Abbott-Smith, George. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & ...

Haydock: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. Though some in the first ages [centuries] doubted whether this book was canonical, and ...

Gill: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION That this book was written by the Apostle and Evangelist John, is clear not only from the express mention of his name, a...

Gill: Revelation 21 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 21 This chapter contains an account of the happy state of the church, consisting of all the elect, both Jews and Gentile...

College: Revelation (Book Introduction) PREFACE This commentary on the Revelation of John has been prepared for general readers of the Bible who desire to deepen their understanding of God'...

College: Revelation (Outline) OUTLINE I. PROLOGUE - 1:1-20 A. Introduction to the Prophecy - 1:1-3 B. Sender - 1:4a C. Recipients - 1:4b D. Prescript - 1:4c-5a E. ...

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