Revelation 21:15

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…

And he that talked with me - The angel, Rev 21:9. Had a golden reed to measure the city - See the notes on Rev 11:1. The reed, or measuring rod, here, is of gold, because all about the city is of the…

Had a golden reed - Several excellent MSS. add μετρον, a measure; he had a measuring rod made of gold. This account of measuring the city seems to be copied, with variations, from Eze 40:3, etc.

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…

a golden reed So Rev 11:1; this is more closely parallel to Eze 40:3; Eze 40:5. See also Zec 2:1.

the gates As it happens, we are not actually told of their measurement.