There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
The heavenly state which was before described as a city, and called the new Jerusalem, is here described as a paradise, alluding to the earthly paradise which was lost by the sin of the first Adam; here is another paradise restored by the second Adam. A paradise in a city, or a whole city in a paradise!
Commenting on Revelation 22:1-5
And there shall be no night there,.... This is repeated from Rev 21:25 to express the certainty of it, and to observe, that the happiness of this state will greatly lie in the light thereof; it will be one everlasting day, , "day of eternity", or eternal day, as in Pe2 3:18 and they need no candle, nor the light of the sun; neither artificial...
Verse 5. And there shall be no night there. . And they need no candle. No lamp; no artificial light, as in a world where there is night and darkness. Neither light of the sun; for the Lord God, etc. . And they shall reign for ever and ever. That is, with God; they shall be as kings. ; . Compare ; .