Verš 1
I saw the new heaven and the new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.
Iz 65:17 - For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart.
Iz 66:22 - For in like manner as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will cause to stand before me, says the Lord, so will your offspring and your name stand.
2Pt 3:13 - Yet truly, in accord with his promises, we are looking forward to the new heavens and the new earth, in which justice lives.
Verš 2
And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Zjv 21:10 - And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Zjv 3:12 - Whoever prevails, I will set him as a column in the temple of my God, and he shall not depart from it anymore. And I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that descends out of heaven from my God, and my new name.
Verš 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 will be his people. And God himself will be their God with them.
Ez 43:7 - said to me: “Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the steps of my feet, is where I live: in the midst of the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel, they and their kings, shall no longer defile my holy name by their fornications, and by the ruinous ways of their kings, and by exalted places.
Verš 4
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more. And neither mourning, nor crying out, nor grief shall be anymore. For the first things have passed away.”
Iz 25:8 - He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.
Zjv 7:17 - For the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will rule over them, and he will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Verš 5
And the One who was sitting upon the throne, said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And he said to me, “Write, for these words are entirely faithful and true.”
Iz 43:19 - Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
2Kor 5:17 - So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
Zjv 19:9 - And he said to me: “Write: Blessed are those who have been called to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These words of God are true.”
Verš 6
And he said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To those who thirst, 707 I will give freely from the fountain of the water of life.
Zjv 16:17 - And the seventh Angel poured out his bowl upon the air. And a great voice went out of the temple from the throne, saying: “It is done.”
Iz 41:4 - Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
Iz 44:6 - Thus says the Lord, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and there is no God apart from me.
Zjv 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Zjv 22:13 - I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
Iz 55:1 - All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter.
Verš 7
Whoever prevails shall possess these things. And I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Za 8:8 - And I will lead them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in justice.
Heb 8:10 - For this is the testament which I will set before the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their minds, and I will inscribe my laws on their hearts. And so, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Verš 8
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all liars, these shall be a part of the pool burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
Zjv 22:15 - Outside are dogs, and drug users, and homosexuals, and murderers, and those who serve idols, and all who love and do what is false.
Zjv 20:14 - And Hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the second death.
Verš 9
And one of the seven Angels, those holding the bowls filled with the seven last afflictions, approached and spoke with me, saying: “Come, and I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
Zjv 15:6 - And the seven Angels went forth from the temple, holding the seven afflictions, clothed with clean white linen, and girded around the chest with wide golden belts.
Verš 10
And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Zjv 1:10 - I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, like that of a trumpet,
Zjv 21:2 - And I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
Heb 12:22 - But you have drawn near to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of Angels,
Verš 14
And the wall of the City had twelve foundations. And upon them were the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
Ef 2:20 - having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.
Verš 15
And he who was speaking with me was holding a golden measuring reed, in order to measure the City, and its gates and wall.
Ez 40:3 - And he led me into that place. And behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a linen rope in his hand, and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing at the gate.
Za 2:1 - And I lifted up my eyes, and I saw, and behold, a man, and in his hand was a measuring line.
Verš 23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine in it. For the glory of God has illuminated it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
Iz 60:19 - The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.
Za 14:7 - And there will be one day, which is known to the Lord, not day and not night. And in the time of the evening, there will be light.
Zjv 22:5 - And night shall be no more. And they will not need the light of a lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them. And they shall reign forever and ever.
Verš 24
And the nations shall walk by its light. And the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it.
Iz 60:3 - And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.
Verš 25
And its gates shall not be closed throughout the day, for there shall be no night in that place.
Iz 60:11 - And your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night, so that the strength of the nations may be brought before you, and their kings may be lead in.
Zjv 22:5 - And night shall be no more. And they will not need the light of a lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them. And they shall reign forever and ever.
Verš 27
There shall not enter into it anything defiled, nor anything causing an abomination, nor anything false, but only those who have been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb.
Ex 32:32 - or, if you do not, then delete me from the book that you have written.”
Ž 69:28 -
Flp 4:3 - And I also ask you, as my genuine companion, to assist those women who have labored with me in the Gospel, with Clement and the rest of my assistants, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Zjv 3:5 - Whoever prevails, so shall he be clothed in white vestments. And I will not delete his name from the Book of Life. And I will confess his name in the presence of my Father and in the presence of his Angels.
Zjv 20:12 - And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in view of the throne. And books were opened. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by those things that had been written in the books, according to their works.
Zjv 21,1-8 - Ide tu o obnovu celého vesmíru v Bohu, ktorá sa začala víťaznou Kristovou smrťou a bude zavŕšená jeho druhým príchodom na konci vekov. V tejto premene vystupuje Cirkev vo svojej poslednej fáze ako nový Jeruzalem. O novom nebi a novej zemi porov. Mt 19, 28; Rim 8, 19–23. 2 Pt 3, 13.
Zjv 21,3 - Porov. Iz 7, 14.
Zjv 21,5 - Je to jediný prípad v tejto knihe, kde Boh prehovoril.
Zjv 21,6 - Voda už v Starom zákone symbolizovala dar spásy. Porov. Jn 4, 10.
Zjv 21,12 - Symbol všeobecnosti Cirkvi – nového Izraela (porov. 7, 4).
Zjv 21,14 - Cirkev je založená na apoštoloch (porov. Mt 19, 28; Ef 2, 20).
Zjv 21,15 - Meranie znamená zvláštnu Božiu ochranu (11, 1).
Zjv 21,16 - Štvorec je symbol dokonalosti. 12 000 stadií je symbol nesmiernosti.
Zjv 21,19-21 - Porov. Iz 54, 11–12. Vzácne kamene pravdepodobne súvisia s tými, ktoré zdobili náprsník (pektorál) veľkňaza a predstavovali kmene Izraela (Ex 28, 17–21).
Zjv 21,22 - Chrám v ňom nie je, lebo Božia prítomnosť, symbolizovaná chrámom sa rozprestiera na celé mesto (porov. Ez 48, 35; Zach 14, 20; Jn 4, 21–23; 1 Kor 3, 16; Ef 2, 21).
Zjv 21,25 - Symbol úplnej bezpečnosti a pohostinstva.
