17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.



Ver. 17. An hundred and twenty four cubits] A cubit is six handfuls.



That is, of the angel] That appeared as a man, but bigger and higher than ordinary; now because this holy city is thus measured, and that with the measure of a man, some think it to be of the Church militant. But some other passages in this and the following chapters cannot be otherwise taken according to the letter, than of the state of full perfection. They do best, in my opinion, that take in both.