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21 lines
616 B
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# Connecting Statement:
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John continues to describe the new Jerusalem as the angel shows it to him.
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# showed me
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Here "me" refers to John.
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# the river of the water of life
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"the river flowing with life-giving water"
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# the water of life
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Eternal life is spoken of as if it were provided by life-giving water. See how you translated this in [Revelation 21:6](../21/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# the Lamb
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This is a young sheep. Here is it used symbolically to refer to Christ. See how you translated this in [Revelation 5:6](../05/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-symlanguage]])
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