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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Revelation 21:27 - 21:27
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anything that defileth - Greek, “koinoun.” A and B read [koinon,] “anything unclean.”
in the Lamb’s book of life - (See on Rev 20:12; see on Rev 20:15). As all the filth of the old Jerusalem was carried outside the walls and burnt there, so nothing defiled shall enter the heavenly city, but be burnt outside (compare Rev 22:15). It is striking that the apostle of love, who shows us the glories of the heavenly city, is he also who speaks most plainly of the terrors of hell. On Rev 21:26, Rev 21:27, Alford writes a Note, rash in speculation, about the heathen nations, above what is written, and not at all required by the sacred text: compare Note, see on Rev 21:26.