Revelation 21:12 (GNV)

Passage

And had a great wall and hie, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Angels, and the names written, which are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:10 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,

Revelation 21:11 Hauing the glorie of God: and her shining was like vnto a stone most precious, as a Iasper stone cleare as crystall,

Revelation 21:12 And had a great wall and hie, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Angels, and the names written, which are the twelue tribes of the children of Israel.

Revelation 21:13 On the East part there were three gates, and on the Northside three gates, on the Southside three gates, and on the Westside three gates.

Revelation 21:14 And the wall of the citie had twelue foundations, and in them the Names of the Lambes twelue Apostles.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "great", "wall", "twelue", "gates", "angels", and "names". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "great" and "wall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Hauing the glorie of God and her..." into verse 13's "On the East part there were three...", so "great" and "wall" 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 "great" and "wall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.