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Simplified Cowboy Version

Revelation 21:10

He took me in the spirit to the top of a tall mountain. He had me look at the New Jerusalem as it descended out of heaven.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   God;   Heaven;   Jerusalem;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Future, the;   Heaven;   Heavenly;   Home;   Jerusalem, New;   New;   The Topic Concordance - Jerusalem;   Newness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Create, Creation;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   New Jerusalem;   Touch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Babylon, Mystical;   Canticles;   ;   Citizenship;   Heaven;   Noah;   Temple;   Thousand Years;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Heaven;   Heavenly City, the;   Holy City;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Christianity;   Ephesians, Epistle to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apocalypse;   Holiness Purity;   Holy Spirit (2);   Mount Mountain ;   New Jerusalem;   Parousia;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Temple;   Type;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bride;   Lamb;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gareb;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Stones, Precious;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heavens, New (and Earth, New);   Jerusalem, New;   Parousia;   Revelation of John:;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eschatology;   Gems;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He then carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
King James Version (1611)
And he caried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountaine, and shewed me that great citie, the holy Hierusalem, descending out of heauen from God,
King James Version
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
New American Standard Bible
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
New Century Version
And the angel carried me away by the Spirit to a very large and high mountain. He showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
English Standard Version
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Berean Standard Bible
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Contemporary English Version
Then with the help of the Spirit, he took me to the top of a very high mountain. There he showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down from God in heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible
He carried me off in the Spirit to the top of a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God.
Darby Translation
And he carried me away in [the] Spirit, [and set me] on a great and high mountain, and shewed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,
Easy-to-Read Version
The angel carried me away by the Spirit to a very large and high mountain. The angel showed me the holy city, Jerusalem. The city was coming down out of heaven from God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he caried me away in the spirit to a great: and an hie mountaine, and he shewed me that great citie, that holie Hierusalem, descending out of heauen from God,
George Lamsa Translation
And he carried me away in the spirit onto a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Good News Translation
The Spirit took control of me, and the angel carried me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down out of heaven from God
Lexham English Bible
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Literal Translation
And he carried me in spirit onto a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, holy Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,
Amplified Bible
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a vast and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy (sanctified) city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
American Standard Version
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Bible in Basic English
And he took me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and let me see the holy town Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Hebrew Names Version
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and shown me the holy city, Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God,
International Standard Version
He carried me away in the Spirit to a large, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.Ezekiel 48:1-35; Revelation 1:10; 17:3; 21:2;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And he led me in spirit upon a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city Urishlem, descending from heaven from Aloha;
Murdock Translation
And he bore me away in the spirit, to a mountain great and high, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he caryed me away in the spirite to a great and an hye mountayne, and he shewed me the great citie holy Hierusalem, descendyng out of heauen fro God,
English Revised Version
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
World English Bible
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and shown me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Weymouth's New Testament
So in the Spirit he carried me to the top of a vast, lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he took me vp in spirit in to a greet hille and hiy; and he schewide to me the hooli citee Jerusalem, comynge doun fro heuene of God,
Update Bible Version
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Webster's Bible Translation
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
New English Translation
So he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
New King James Version
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy [fn] Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
New Living Translation
So he took me in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
New Life Bible
I was carried away in the Spirit by the angel to a very high mountain. He showed me the Holy City of Jerusalem. It was coming out of heaven from God.
New Revised Standard
And in the spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he carried me away, in spirit, unto a mountain great and high, and pointed out to me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
Revised Standard Version
And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he caryed me awaye in the sprete to a grett and an hye mountayne and he shewed me the grett cite holy Ierusalem descendinge out of heven fro God
Young's Literal Translation
and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he caryed me awaye in ye sprete to a greate and an hye moutayne, and he shewed me the greate cite, holy Ierusale descendinge out of heauen from God,
Mace New Testament (1729)
and he carried me away in an extacy to a great and high mountain, and shewed me the city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.

Contextual Overview

9One of the bowl angels came up and said, "Saddle up. I'm going to take you to see the bride of the Lamb." 10He took me in the spirit to the top of a tall mountain. He had me look at the New Jerusalem as it descended out of heaven. 11It shone with the glory of God. It looked to be made of expensive stone and was clear as crystal. 12It had a big wall with twelve gates. Each gate had an angel watching over it. Each gate was named after one of the twelve clans of Israel. 13Three gates adorned each side. 14The walls were built on twelve foundation rocks. These rocks had the names of Jesus's twelve cowboys who rode with him while he was on earth. 15The angel I was with had a golden staff with measuring marks on it. It was used to measure the walls, gates, and the city itself. 16The town was a perfect square measuring 1500 miles on each side. 17He measured the wall to be 216 feet high. 18The wall was built of jasper and the city itself was made of such pure gold that it looked like glass.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he carried: Revelation 1:10, Revelation 4:2, Revelation 17:3, 1 Kings 18:12, 2 Kings 2:16, Ezekiel 3:14, Ezekiel 8:3, Ezekiel 11:1, Ezekiel 11:24, Ezekiel 40:1-3, Acts 8:39, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4

that: Revelation 21:2, Ezekiel 40:1-49, Ezekiel 48:15-22

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 34:1 - showed him 1 Kings 11:36 - the city Ezra 3:11 - because Psalms 46:4 - city Psalms 48:1 - city Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Psalms 122:3 - builded Song of Solomon 4:9 - my spouse Song of Solomon 6:9 - The daughters Song of Solomon 6:10 - Who Isaiah 2:2 - the mountain Isaiah 49:16 - thy walls Isaiah 62:4 - Beulah Jeremiah 31:4 - build Jeremiah 33:2 - the maker Ezekiel 20:40 - in mine Ezekiel 40:2 - a very Ezekiel 42:20 - a separation Daniel 9:20 - for Hosea 2:19 - And I will Zechariah 2:5 - the glory Zechariah 8:3 - the holy Matthew 5:35 - the city John 14:2 - my Ephesians 5:27 - glorious Philippians 3:20 - conversation Hebrews 12:22 - the city Revelation 3:12 - the city

Cross-References

Matthew 22:13
"The big rancher told some of his cowboys, 'Tie him up and drag him out of here and leave him for the coyotes and buzzards to eat!'
John 8:35
A slave can belong to no family,
Galatians 3:18
Think about this, can following a set of rules bless us? If it could, then we wouldn't need God's promise, just good rule-following ability. But God blessed Abraham because of his faith, not because he followed rules. We have the same promise made to us.
Galatians 4:7
You are no longer a child slave of sin, but one of God's own children—with an inheritance that will come as well.
1 Peter 1:4
Now we are just waiting to receive the full amount of blessings God has promised to his kids. These blessings are waiting on you in heaven where they can't be chewed on by mice or ruined by moths.
1 John 2:19
These folks didn't belong in our crew. That's why they left. If they had belonged with us, they would have stayed. This is just proof they didn't belong with us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he carried me away in the Spirit,.... John was in an ecstasy, as in Revelation 1:10 and in the thoughts and apprehensions of his mind and spirit, it seemed to him as if he was carried away from one place to another; for this was not a corporeal sight, nor were any of the visions he had, but what was represented to his mind or spirit; it being with him as it was with the Apostle Paul when he was caught up to the third heaven, who knew not whether he was in the body or out of the body. The Ethiopic version renders it, "the Spirit brought me"; not the evil spirit Satan, who took up our Lord corporeally, and carried him to an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of this world, and their glory, Matthew 4:8 but either a good angel, or the Spirit of God:

to a great and high mountain; to such an one was Ezekiel brought in the visions of God, when the frame of a city and temple was shown him, with their dimensions, Ezekiel 40:2 as here a city is shown to John, with its wall, gates, foundations, and their measures: and he was brought to such a place, partly that he might have the more plain and full view of it; and partly to suggest unto him, that now the church of Christ was established upon the top of the mountains, and exalted above the hills, and was a city on a hill, which could not be hid, Isaiah 2:2.

And showed me that great city; which is no other than the church, the bride, the Lamb's wife; just as the apostate church, all along in this book before, is called the great city, Revelation 11:8 but now that being demolished, there is no other great city in being but the church of Christ, called a city before; Revelation 21:2 here a "great one", not only because of its prodigious large dimensions,

Revelation 21:16 but because of the number of its inhabitants, being such as no man can number; and because it is the residence of the great King, the tabernacle of God will be in it; though this epithet is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Vulgate Latin and all the Oriental versions: "the holy Jerusalem"; called "the new Jerusalem",

Revelation 21:2 here "holy", in allusion to the city of Jerusalem, which was called the holy city, Matthew 4:5 on account of the temple in it, the place of divine worship; but here this city is so called, because it is the residence of the holy God, Father, Son, and Spirit, inhabited only by holy men, made perfectly so, and encompassed by holy angels.

Descending out of heaven from God; Matthew 4:5- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he carried me away in the spirit - Gave him a vision of the city; seemed to place him where he could have a clear view of it as it came down from heaven. See the notes on Revelation 1:10.

To a great and high mountain - The elevation, and the unobstructed range of view, gave him an opportunity to behold it in its glory.

And showed me that great city, ... - As it descended from heaven. See the notes on Revelation 21:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 21:10. To a great and high mountain — That, being above this city, he might see every street and lane of it.

The holy JerusalemRevelation 21:2; Revelation 21:2.


 
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