<p>21:19 <i>The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones</i>- The allusion is to the temple in Jerusalem, whose precious stones had made John and the other disciples so awestruck (Mk. 13:1). That was all to be replaced by a spiritual temple. Instead of the names of donors and other leading lights within Judaism engraved on the precious stones, now the names of the humble disciples are to be written. As the bride was adorned (:2), so the same figure is used here. The adornment is surely of good works and spiritual fruits, by which we adorn the teaching of the Gospel (Tit. 2:10; 1 Pet. 3:5).</p><p><i>The first foundation was jasper. The second, sapphire. The third, chalcedony. The fourth, emerald</i>- See on :20.</p>