Revelation 21:10 (DRB)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

Revelation 21:9 And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of the seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come and I will shew thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:10 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,

Revelation 21:11 Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a precious stone, as to the jasper stone even as crystal.

Revelation 21:12 And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "took", "great", "high", "mountain", "shewed", "holy", and "city". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "took", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And there came one of the seven..." into verse 11's "Having the glory of God and the...", so "Spirit" and "took" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "took" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.