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Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The angel addresses John during the final vision of the New Jerusalem, describing the city’s layout immediately after revealing the river of life.
The words — μέσῳ (mesō) denotes the middle, and πλατείας (plateias) refers to the main street, locating the tree of life precisely within the city’s central thoroughfare.
The thread — The vision echoes Revelation 22:1’s river flowing from the throne, recalls the tree of life promise in Revelation 2:7, and aligns with the crucifixion imagery in 1 Peter 2:24.
Why it lands — The text places a fruit-bearing tree along the river’s banks to provide monthly sustenance and healing for all nations, demanding recognition that the new creation sustains and restores the people of God.
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The Greek words
King James Version
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Cross-references
- Revelation 22:1 Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
- Ezekiel 47:8 And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Dead Sea, the water there becomes fresh.
- Genesis 2:9 Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
- Genesis 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
- Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
- Revelation 22:19 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.
- Revelation 21:24 By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.