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14 · kai The ho wall teichos of the ho city polis had echō twelve dōdeka foundations themelios, and kai on epi them autos were the twelve dōdeka names onoma of the ho twelve dōdeka apostles apostolos of the ho Lamb arnion.

15 · kai The ho one who spoke laleō with meta me egō had echō a golden chrysous measuring metron rod kalamos with which to hina measure metreō the ho city polis, · kai · ho its autos gates pylōn and kai · ho its autos wall teichos. 16 · kai The ho city polis was laid out keimai as a square tetragōnos, · kai · ho its autos length mēkos the same as hosos its ho width platos. · kai He measured metreō the ho city polis with the ho measuring rod kalamos at epi twelve dōdeka thousand chilias stadia stadion, · ho its autos length mēkos, · kai · ho width platos, and kai · ho height hypsos being eimi equal isos.

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14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations,(A) and on them were the names of the twelve apostles(B) of the Lamb.

15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod(C) of gold to measure the city, its gates(D) and its walls. 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[a] in length, and as wide and high as it is long.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:16 That is, about 1,400 miles or about 2,200 kilometers