Revelation 21:10

And he carried me away in the Spirit,.... John was in an ecstasy, as in Rev 1:10 and in the thoughts and apprehensions of his mind and spirit, it seemed to him as if he was carried away from one place…

And he carried me away in the spirit - Gave him a vision of the city; seemed to place him where he could have a clear view of it as it came down from heaven. See the notes on Rev 1:10. To a great and…

To a great and high mountain - That, being above this city, he might see every street and lane of it.

The holy Jerusalem - See on Rev 21:2 (note).

We have already considered the introduction to the vision of the new Jerusalem in a more general idea of the heavenly state; we now come to the vision itself, where observe,

I. The person that opened…