Revelation 21:4 (DRB)

Passage

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:2 And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.

Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21:5 And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write. For these words are most faithful and true.

Revelation 21:6 And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "wipe", "away", "tears", "eyes", "death", and "mourning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "wipe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And I heard a great voice from..." into verse 5's "And he that sat on the throne...", so "shall" and "wipe" 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 "shall" and "wipe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.