Revelation 21:27

“And nothing unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who practices abomination and falsehood, but only those who are written in the book of life of the Lamb.”
Revelation 21:27 · direct translation from the Greek

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Andκαὶnothingπᾶνuncleanκοινὸνwill everοὐ μὴenterεἰσέλθῃintoεἰςit,αὐτὴνnorκαὶanyone who practicesποιῶνabominationβδέλυγμαandκαὶfalsehood,ψεῦδοςbut onlyεἰ μὴthose who are writtenοἱ γεγραμμένοιinἐνthe bookτῷ βιβλίῳof lifeτῆς ζωῆςof the Lamb.τοῦ ἀρνίου

Allusion · Isaiah 52:1

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Both texts say that nothing unclean will enter the city.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

εἰσέλθῃeiselthēiG1525יָבֹאyavoH935“enter”
κοινὸνkoinonG2839טָמֵאtameH2931“common, unclean”

Revelation 21:27, word by word

uncleanκοινὸνkoinon

profane

What is not considered clean for God.

Where else “koinon” appears

enterεἰσέλθῃeiselthēi

enter

To go into a house, a town or a place.

Where else “eiselthēi” appears

anyone who practicesποιῶνpoiōn

practice

To put into practice, like God's will.

Where else “poiōn” appears

abominationβδέλυγμαbdelygma

abomination

Abomination, something detestable in God's eyes.

Where else “bdelygma” appears

falsehoodψεῦδοςpseudos

lie

Lie, falsehood; the opposite of truth.

Where else “pseudos” appears

those who are writtenγεγραμμένοιgegrammenoi

write

To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.

Where else “gegrammenoi” appears

the bookβιβλίῳbibliōi

scroll

A long writing on a scroll, like those of the prophets or the book of life.

Where else “bibliōi” appears

of lifeζωῆςzōēs

eternal life

What God gives to live with him without end.

Where else “zōēs” appears

of the Lambἀρνίουarniou

Lamb

Jesus, slain like a young sheep, who lives.

Where else “arniou” appears

Translation note

It recalls Isaiah 52:1.

The context

26And they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

27 · This verse (above)

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