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John Gill - Exposition

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 - Exposition

John Gill

And there shall be no night there,.... This is repeated from Revelation 21:25 to express the certainty of it, and to observe, that the happiness of this state will greatly lie in the light thereof; it will be one everlasting day, ημερααιωνος, "day of eternity", or eternal day, as in 2 Peter 3:18 and they need no candle, nor the light of the sun; neither artificial nor natural light; neither the...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

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,...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign for ever and They themselves shall be kings. They shall reign for ever and ever. This exposition consisted of readings from Rom_8:26-30; Rev_21:10-27; Revelation 22 :l-5.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun;— Even the sun is only worthy to be ranked with a candle in comparison with the light of God himself John puts the two things in one sentence: “they need no candle, neither light of the sun;”—

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

For the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever and he said unto me, These sayings are faithful the true: and the LORD God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold I come quickly-blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Even so, come, Lord Jesus; come quickly! Amen. This...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their forehead. And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the lord God giveth them light and they shall reign for ever and ever. This is the climax of the saints’ blessedness:...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And there shall be no night there; Here, there are nights of ignorance, of sorrow, of sin, and of fear; but “there shall be no night there.”

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And there shall be no night there; The saints in glory will have no need of sleep, so “there shall be no night there,” but one perpetual day of holy, unwearying service. There shall be no night of ignorance, of sorrow, of sin, of death; there shall be no powers of darkness there, and no darkness in which they might work their evil deeds. Rev_22:5. And they need no candle, neither light of the...