Wahyu 21:12-13

21:12 It has ¹  a massive, high wall ²  with twelve gates, ³  with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ⁴  are written on the gates. ⁵  21:13 There are ⁶  three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side. ⁷ 

Wahyu 21:16

21:16 Now ⁸  the city is laid out as a square, ⁹  its length and width the same. He ¹⁰  measured the city with the measuring rod ¹¹  at fourteen hundred miles ¹²  (its length and width and height are equal).

[21:12]  ¹ tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.

[21:12]  ² tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”

[21:12]  ³ tn On this term BDAG 897 s.v. πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces…of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem…οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”

[21:12]  ⁴ tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.

[21:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:13]  ⁶ tn The words “There are” have been supplied to make a complete English sentence. This is a continuation of the previous sentence, a lengthy and complicated one in Greek.

[21:13]  ⁷ tn The word “side” has been supplied four times in this verse for clarity.

[21:16]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the somewhat parenthetical nature of the description of the city.

[21:16]  ⁹ tn Or “the city lies square.” On κεῖμαι (keimai) in this context, BDAG 537 s.v. 2 states, “lie, of things…ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται is laid out as a square Rv 21:16.”

[21:16]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:16]  ¹¹ tn Grk “with the rod”; the word “measuring” is supplied from the description in v. 15.

[21:16]  ¹² tn Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers,” Grk “12,000 stades.” A stade was a measure of length about 607 ft (185 m).