lem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a 3 bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, their 4 God; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain be any more; for the former things are passed away. 5 6 are faithful and true. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write; for these words And he said to me, All things are accomplished. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth I will give 7 of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit these things, and I will be his God, 8 and he shall be my son. But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the polluted with abominations, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. 9 And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials filled with the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither; I will show thee the bride, 10 the wife of the Lamb. 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 11 God, having the glory of God; her light was like to a most precious stone, as it were a jasper stone, clear as 12 crystal; having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the 13 sons of Israel; on the east, three gates; and on the north, three gates; and on the south, three gates; and on the 14 west, three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundation-stones, and on them the twelve names of the 15 twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he who talked with me had for a measure a golden reed, to measure the city, 16 and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth four-square, and its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of 17 it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, a hun dred and forty-four cubits, according to a man's measure, 18 which is that of an angel. And the material of its wall was jasper; and the city was of pure gold, like to clear 19 glass. The foundation-stones of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones: the first foundation-stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, 20 chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, 21 hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent 22 glass. And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God 23 Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb. And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine upon it; for the glory of God lightened it, and the Lamb is 24 the light thereof. And the nations will walk by the light of ; and the kings of the earth bring their glory into 25 it; and the gates of it shall not be shut by day, for there 26 will be no night there; and they will bring the glory and 27 the honor of the nations into it. And there shall not enter into it anything unclean, or that worketh abomination and falsehood; but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life. XXII. And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming out of the throne of God and of the 2 Lamb. Between the street of the city and the river, on one side and on the other, is the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, and yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the na3 tions. And there shall be no more curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants 4 will serve him; and they will see his face, and his name 5 will be upon their foreheads. And there will be no night, and no need of lamp or light, for the Lord God will shine upon them; and they will reign for ever and ever. 6 And he said to me, These words are faithful and true; and the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his servants what must shortly come to 7 pass. And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John am he who heard and saw these things; and when I had heard and when I had seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me 9 these things. And he saith to me, See thou do it not; I am a fellow-servant of thee, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book; 10 worship God. And he saith to me, Seal not the words 11 of the prophecy of this book; the time is at hand. He 12 that is unjust, let him be unjust still, and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still, and he that is holy, let him be holy still. Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to 13 give to every one according as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter by the 15 gates into the city. Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loveth and practiseth falsehood. 16 17 18 I Jesus sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the shoot and the offspring of David, the bright morning-star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him that heareth say, Come! And let him that thirsteth come! Whoever will, let him take the water of life freely. I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any one shall add to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; 19 and if any one shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written of in this book. 20 He who testifieth these things saith, Yea, I come quickly. Amen; come, Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. NEW READINGS OF TISCHENDORF. SINCE the completion of Dr. Noyes's Translation, the fifth part of Tischendorf's eighth critical edition of the Greek Testament has appeared, extending from Luke xviii. 10 to John vi. 23. The text of this new edition differs in some places from that of his Synopsis Evangelica, published in 1864, which was followed by Dr. Noyes in this portion of the Gospels. The following is a list of those changes of the text which require a change in the translation. E. A. TISCHENDORF'S EIGHTH EDITION, IN Luke xx. 24, reads "they said " for "they answered and said.” 28, reads "be without children" (lit. "childless") for "die without children." xxi. 2, omits " also." 6, omits "here.” 12, inserts the article "the" before synagogues. 36, reads "all these things" for "all the things." xxiii. 17, omits the verse. 39, omits "saying." Our idiom, however, requires its insertion in the translation. xxiv. 13, reads "sixty" for a hundred and sixty." 21, reads " we were hoping that it was he who was to redeem Israel" for "we are hoping that it is he who is to redeem Israel." John i. 18, reads "only begotten Son" for "only begotten God." 46 (Gr. 47), reads "Nathanael said " for "And Nathanael said.” |