Revelation 21:11

21:11 The city possesses 1  the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. 2 

Revelation 21:21

21:21 And the twelve gates are twelve pearls – each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The 3  main street 4  of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass.

1 tn Grk “from God, having the glory of God.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation by supplying the words “the city” to refer back to the previous clause and translating the participle (“having”) as a finite verb.

2 tn On the term ἰάσπιδι (iaspidi) BDAG 465 s.v. ἴασπις states, “jasper, a precious stone found in various colors, mostly reddish, somet. green…brown, blue, yellow, and white. In antiquity the name was not limited to the variety of quartz now called jasper, but could designate any opaque precious stone. Rv 21:18f. W. λίθος 4:3 (TestSol C 11:8). λίθος ἴασπις κρυσταλλίζων a stone of crystal-clear jasper 21:11 (cp. Is 54:12); perh. the opal is meant here; acc. to some, the diamond.”

3 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

4 tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).