Revelation 21:10

21:10 So ¹  he took me away in the Spirit ²  to a huge, majestic mountain ³  and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

Revelation 21:12

21:12 It has ⁴  a massive, high wall ⁵  with twelve gates, ⁶  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁷  are written on the gates. ⁸ 

[21:10]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s invitation.

[21:10]  ² tn Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [NICNT], 75).

[21:10]  ³ tn Grk “to a mountain great and high.”

[21:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[21:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”

[21:12]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

[21:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.