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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Revelation 22 This chapter contains a further account of the above city, a confirmation of the visions of this book, and the conclusion of it. The city is further described by the river that ran by it, or through it, called a river of water of life, said to be pure and clear as crystal, and to have its rise from the throne of God and the Lamb; and by the tree of life in the midst...
John Gill
In the midst of the street of it,.... That is, of the city described in the preceding chapter, which shows that this vision belongs to that, and is a continuation of it, and which street was all of pure gold, Revelation 21:21 and on either side of the river was there the tree of life; not that it stood either in the midst of the street of the city, which being a pavement of gold, a tree could not...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. A further description of the heavenly state of the church, ver. 1-5. II. A confirmation of this and all the other visions of this book, ver. 6-19. III. The conclusion, ver. 20, 21. The New Jerusalem. (a. d. 95.) 1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Abounding joy, varied joy, ever changing, yet ever...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. God will enrich his Church by giving her a great variety of good things: “twelve manner of fruits.” There shall also be a constancy and perpetuity about the supply of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. The fruit of this “tree of life “ is for all those who have partaken of the water of life; and the tree provides medicine as well as food: “ the leaves of the tree were...
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruit, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. When Adam ate of the forbidden fruit, he was cast out of Eden, lest he should also eat of the tree of life; but our new “tree of life” yields us both medicine and food....
Charles H. Spurgeon
In the midst of the street of it,- For heaven is a place of sacred intercourse and hallowed communion: “in the midst of the street of it,”- Rev_22:2. And on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, Every variety of joy and blessedness, Rev_22:2. And yielded her fruit every month: For the felicities of heaven are ever fresh and ever new, we shall...