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Rev_21:22 sq. The proper glory of the city is further described. It has no temple, because there is no need of one; for its temple is God himself and the Lamb. Nor does God, together with the Lamb, have a special dwelling-place in the city, but it is filled with the δόξα of God, everywhere present in it,[4352] and the city itself is indeed the bride of the Lamb[4353] who is immediately present to all the inhabitants of the city.[4354]
They, therefore, need not the light of sun and moon; for[4355] the δόξα of God and the Lamb itself fill them with light.[4356] Here where, indeed, the description implies that the δόξα τοῦ θεοῦ corresponds to the sun, and that of the Lamb to the moon,[4357] it does not follow that the same distinction is made also in Rev_21:11,[4358] because there it is only a φωστήρ that is mentioned, viz., the δόξα τ . θ . appears as φωστήρ , because it φωτίζωι (Rev_21:23).
[4352] Cf. Rev_21:3; Rev_21:11.
[4353] Rev_21:9. Cf. Rev_19:9.
[4354] Cf. Rev_22:3 sq., Rev_3:20.
[4355] Cf. Rev_21:11.
[4356] Cf. Isa_60:19 sq.
[4357] Grot., Ewald, De Wette.
[4358] Züll.