Cross references

Revelation 21:2

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:2 BSB

Revelation 21:2 has 25 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 11:10 (22 votes) and Revelation 3:12 (21 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Nehemiah 11 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Revelation 21:2 point to?

The 20 strongest of 25, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

  2. The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

  3. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

  4. Isaiah 61:1013 votes

    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

  5. For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.

  6. Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

  7. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

  8. And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

  9. For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.

  10. I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  11. Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

Which verses point to Revelation 21:2?

The 10 strongest of 48.