“And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.”
The angel measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by human measurement, which the angel was using - the wall is 144 cubits (12 x 12), matching the 144,000 sealed in Revelation 7. The wall's thickness (about 70 meters) is measured by human standard, grounding the vision in comprehensible terms.
Church Fathers on Revelation 21:17
“And the city is placed in a square.” The city which he says is squared, he says also is resplendent with gold and precious stones, and has a sacred street, and a river through the midst of it, and the tree of life on either side, bearing twelve manner of fruits throughout the twelve months; and that the light of the sun is not there, because the Lamb is the light of it; and that its gates were of single pearls; and that there were three gates on each of the four sides, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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