Revelation 21:12-13

Context
21:12 It has¹ a massive, high wall² with twelve gates,³ with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel⁴ are written on the gates.⁵ 21:13 There are⁶ three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side.⁷

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

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

[21:12] ³tn 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] ⁴tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

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

[21:13] ⁶tn The words “There are” have been supplied to make a complete English sentence. This is a continuation of the previous sentence, a lengthy and complicated one in Greek.

[21:13] ⁷tn The word “side” has been supplied four times in this verse for clarity.