New Testament · Revelation 21:2, 16

The city that comes down

ReferenceRevelation 21:2, 16

Writtenc. 95 CE

SetThe end times

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven… The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

Translation: KJV

Read it literally

A cube about 1,400 miles on each side, lit from inside, descending from the sky. A mothership.

What scholars say

Symbol of perfection (12 × 1,000).

People and places hereJerusalem

Quick answers about Revelation 21:2, 16

Revelation 21:2, 16 (New Testament). Translation quoted: King James Version (1611; standard 1769 text), with Apocrypha.

c. 95 CE.

Symbol of perfection (12 × 1,000).

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

Updated October 2026