Rev 21:12 | NET2full | STEP | It has a massive , high wall with twelve gates , with twelve angels at the gates , and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates.

‏ Revelation of John 21:12

12 It has ^{▼▼tn Grk “jasper, having.” Here a new sentence was started in the translation.} a massive, high wall ^{▼▼tn Grk “a (city) wall great and high.”} with twelve gates, ^{▼▼tn On this term BDAG 897 s.v. πυλών 1 states, “gate, esp. of the large, impressive gateways at the entrance of temples and palaces…of the entrances of the heavenly Jerusalem…οἱ πυλῶνες αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ κλεισθῶσιν its entrances shall never be shut Rv 21:25; cp. vss. 12ab, 13abcd, 15, 21ab; 22:14.”} with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel ^{▼▼tn Grk “of the sons of Israel.” The translation “nation of Israel” is given in L&N 11.58.} are written on the gates. ^{▼▼tn Grk “on them”; the referent (the gates) has been specified in the translation for clarity.}