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The New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:14

In 9 translations

BSB
The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
KJV
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
WEB
The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
ASV
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
LSV
and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
YLT
and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
DBY
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
DRC
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them, the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
GNV
And the wall of the citie had twelue foundations, and in them the Names of the Lambes twelue Apostles.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔχων (“had”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔχον (“had”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read ἐπ᾽ (“on”); Textus Receptus read ἐν (“in”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read αὐτῶν (“them”); Textus Receptus read αὐτοῖς (“them”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text include δώδεκα (“twelve”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἔχων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔχων; Robinson–Pierpont read ἔχον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ τὸ τεῖχος τῆς πόλεως ἔχων θεμελίους δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῶν δώδεκα ὀνόματα τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῦ ἀρνίου.
RP2018
Καὶ τὸ τεῖχος τῆς πόλεως ἔχον θεμελίους δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν δώδεκα ὀνόματα τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῦ ἀρνίου.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ τὸ τεῖχος τῆς πόλεως ἔχον θεμελίους δώδεκα, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς ὀνόματα τῶν δώδεκα ἀποστόλων τοῦ ἀρνίου.
SCR1894
και το τειχος της πολεως εχον θεμελιους δωδεκα και εν αυτοις ονοματα των δωδεκα αποστολων του αρνιου

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  • Hebrews 11:10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
  • Ephesians 2:20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
  • Isaiah 54:11“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
  • Matthew 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  • Revelation 21:19–21The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian,…
  • 1 Corinthians 3:10–11By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds. For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid,…
  • Jude 1:17But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Ephesians 3:5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.
  • Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
  • Matthew 10:2–4These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of…
  • Galatians 2:9And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
  • Ephesians 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

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