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begins the description itself[4287] which first of all states its gleaming appearance
[4287] Cf. Ezekiel 11 sqq.
Rev_21:11 begins the description itself[4288] which first of all states its gleaming appearance.
ἔχουσαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ . What is most important, most peculiar, and what at the same time captivates the eye of the seer above all things, is the brilliancy which irradiates the whole city: “it has” in itself, it comprehends as dwelling and abiding within it,[4289] the present glory of God himself.[4290] The concrete character of this presentation is effaced by the reading of the à : ἀπὸ τ . θ .
τ . φωστὴρ , κ . τ . λ . The description now proceeds further independently of the ἕδειξεν ; only the first item of the description ( ἕχουσαν τ . δόξ . τ . θ .) had been given in the formal connection of the original construction.[4291] From Rev_21:23,[4292] it follows, that ὁ φωστὴρ αὐτῆς [4293] is not distinct from the δόξα τοῦ θεοῦ ;[4294] the source of light for the city is the ΔΌΞΑ of God himself present therein.[4295]
ὍΜΟΙΟς ΛΊΘῼ , Κ . Τ . Λ . The appearance of God was illustrated similarly.
ΚΡΥΣΤΑΛΛΊΞΟΝΤΙ . Cf. Psellus in Wetst.: ἡ ἰάσπις φύσει κρυσταλλοειδής .[4296]
[4288] Cf. Ezekiel 11 sqq.
[4289] Cf. Rev_21:3.
[4290] Rev_21:23; Rev_15:8.
[4291] Cf. Winer, p. 499.
[4292] Cf. also Eze_43:2.
[4293] Cf. Gen_1:14.
[4294] Against Züll., according to whom the Messiah is irradiated in the φωστὴρ .
[4295] De Wette, Hengstenb., Ebrard.
[4296] [“The jasper, in nature crystalline.”]