Revelation 21:11 (LSB)

Passage

having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like precious stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels who have the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Revelation 21:10 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,

Revelation 21:11 having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like precious stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

Revelation 21:12 It had a great and high wall. It had twelve gates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names have been written on those gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

Revelation 21:13 There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "glory", "brilliance", "like", "precious", "stone", and "crystal-clear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "glory", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And he carried me away in the..." into verse 12's "It had a great and high wall...", so "having" and "glory" 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 "having" and "glory" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.