11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;



Ver. 11. Having the glory, of God] Who putteth upon her his own comeliness, Eze_16:9-13, as Rachel was decked with Isaac’s jewels.



Even like a jasper] And so, like God himself, who is set out by a jasper, Rev_4:3.



Clear as crystal] There is no such jasper in nature as is thus clear; but such a one must here be imagined. Nec Christus, nec caelum patitur hyberbolen. In speaking of Christ or heaven it is hard to hyperbolize. Christ’s blood (the true Pactolus) ñåé ôïí ðëïõôïí , floweth with riches. Uranople (the New Jerusalem) hath its foundation garnished with all manner of precious stones, to signify as well the durableness as the excellency of it. See Rev_21:19-20.