and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.
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and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.
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And the glorie, and honour of the Gentiles shall be brought vnto it.
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Passages linked to Revelation 21:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 21:24 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour…
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Ver. 26. And they] i.e. The kings, as Rev 21:24.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whatsoever is excellent or desirable in the world, shall…
Whatsoever is excellent or desirable in the world, shall be supplied to the souls of those that are in heaven, by good of another make, but which shall be equally (nay, infinitely more) satisfactory to the soul.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And they shall bring the glory of the nations…
And they shall bring the glory of the nations into it - It seems, a select part of each nation; that is, all which can contribute to make this city honourable and glorious shall be found in it; as if all that was rich and precious throughout the world was brought into one city.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. The glory and honour of the nations…
Verse 26. The glory and honour of the nations into it.] Still alluding to the declarations of the prophets, (see the passages in the margin, Re 21:24, &c.,) that the Gentiles would be led to contribute to the riches and glory of the temple by their gifts, &c.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And they shall bring ... - See the notes…
And they shall bring ... - See the notes on Rev 21:24. That blessed world shall be made up of all that was truly valuable and pure on the earth.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain All that was truly glorious and excellent in the…
All that was truly glorious and excellent in the earth and its converted nations shall be gathered into it; and while all shall form one Bride, there shall be various orders among the redeemed, analogous to the divisions of nations on earth constituting the one great human family, and to the various orders of angels.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. The glory and honour—Not only of the kings…
26. The glory and honour—Not only of the kings but also of the nations, the collective peoples, shall pour into God’s royal capital.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they shall bring the glory and honour of…
And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it; that is, the glory and the honour of the nations shall be brought into it. The verb is used impersonally, as in Rev_10:11 and many other places. A repetition of ver. 24 (vide supra).
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 26. They shall bring the glory and the honour.…
26. They shall bring the glory and the honour. All nations are represented as contributing to increase its glory, as the nations pay tribute to an earthly capital.
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 They will bring
They will bring
"The kings of the earth will bring"
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nothing unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone
This can be stated in positive form. AT: "only what is clean will ever enter, and never anyone" (See: Double Negatives)
but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life
This can be stated in active form. AT: "but only those whose names the Lamb wrote in his Book of Life" (See: Active or Passive)
the Lamb
This is a young sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in Revelation 5:6. (See: Symbolic Language)
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splendor
honor
nation
clean
shame
deceive
lamb
Book of Life
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