Discovery BoxRevelation 21:15 
Context21:15 The angel 1 who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall.
Revelation 11:1
Context11:1 Then 2 a measuring rod 3 like a staff was given to me, and I was told, 4 “Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.
Revelation 21:16
Context21:16 Now 5 the city is laid out as a square, 6 its length and width the same. He 7 measured the city with the measuring rod 8 at fourteen hundred miles 9 (its length and width and height are equal).
1 tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the angel of v. 9) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
3 tn Grk “a reed” (but these were used for measuring). Cf. Ezek 40:3ff.
4 tn Grk “saying.”
5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the somewhat parenthetical nature of the description of the city.
6 tn Or “the city lies square.” On κεῖμαι (keimai) in this context, BDAG 537 s.v. 2 states, “lie, of things…ἡ πόλις τετράγωνος κεῖται is laid out as a square Rv 21:16.”
7 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
8 tn Grk “with the rod”; the word “measuring” is supplied from the description in v. 15.
9 tn Or “two thousand two hundred kilometers,” Grk “12,000 stades.” A stade was a measure of length about 607 ft (185 m).
