He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
had a golden reed--so Coptic. But A, B, Vulgate, and Syriac read, "had (as) a measure, a golden reed." In Rev 11:2 the non-measuring of the outer courts of the temple implied its being given up to secular and heathen desecration.
Verse 15. And he that talked with me. The angel, . Had a golden reed to measure the city. . The reed, or measuring rod, here, is of gold, because all about the city is of the most rich and costly materials. The rod is thus suited to the personage who uses it, and to the occasion. Compare a similar description in .
And he that talked with me,.... One of the seven angels, Rev 21:9 for not a man is the measurer of this city, as in Eze 40:3 nor John, as of the temple, Rev 11:1 but an angel, the same that showed to John this great sight: had a golden reed; not a common measuring reed, or rod, as in Eze 40:4 but one covered...