Revelation 21:4

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
God	θεὸς theos	G2316	figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
away	ἐξαλείψει exaleipsei	G1813	to smear out · verb — future active indicative, 3rd person singular
all	πᾶν pan	G3956	all · adjective — accusative singular neuter
tears	δάκρυον dakruon	G1144	a tear · noun — accusative singular neuter
from	ἀπό apó	G575	"off
their	αὐτῶν, autōn	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive plural masculine
eyes	ὀφθαλμῶν ophthalmōn	G3788	the eye (literally or figuratively) · noun — genitive plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
be	ἔσομαι ésomai	G2071	will be
no	οὐκ ouk	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
more	ἔτι eti	G2089	"yet · adverb
death	θάνατος thanatos	G2288	(properly · noun — nominative singular masculine
neither	οὔτε oute	G3777	not too · conjunction — negative
sorrow	πένθος penthos	G3997	grief · noun — nominative singular neuter
nor	οὔτε oute	G3777	not too · conjunction — negative
crying	κραυγή, kraugē	G2906	an outcry (in notification · noun — nominative singular feminine
neither	οὔτε oute	G3777	not too · conjunction — negative
be	ἔσομαι ésomai	G2071	will be
more	ἔτι· eti	G2089	"yet · adverb
pain	πόνος ponos	G4192	toil · noun — nominative singular masculine
for	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
things	πρῶτα prōta	G4413	foremost (in time · adjective — nominative plural neuter
away	ἀπῆλθαν.¶ apēlthan	G565	to go off (i.e. depart) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take aw…
Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe aw…
1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladn…
Isaiah 60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mo…
1 John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Isaiah 51:11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall o…
Isaiah 65:18-19 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:1-8

We have here a more general account of the happiness of the church of God in the future state, by which it seems most safe to understand the heavenly state. I. A new world now opens to our view (Rev 21:1): I saw a new heaven and a new earth; that is, a new universe; for we suppose the world to be made up of heaven and earth. By the new earth we may understand a new state for the bodies of men, as well as a heaven for their souls. This world is not now newly created, but newly opened, and filled with all those who were the heirs of it. The new heaven and the new earth will not then be distinct; the very earth of the saints, their glorified bodies, will now be spiritual and heavenly, and suite…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 21:4

all tears--Greek, "every tear." no more death--Greek, "death shall be no more." Therefore it is not the millennium, for in the latter there is death (Isa 65:20; Co1 15:26, Co1 15:54, "the last enemy . . . destroyed is death," Rev 20:14, after the millennium). sorrow--Greek, "mourning." passed away--Greek, "departed," as in Rev 21:1.

Adam Clarke on Revelation 21:4

There shall be no more death - Because there shall be a general resurrection. And this is the inference which St Paul makes from his doctrine of a general resurrection, Co1 15:26, where he says, "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." But death cannot be destroyed by there being simply no farther death; death can only be destroyed and annihilated by a general resurrection; if there be no general resurrection, it is most evident that death will still retain his empire. Therefore, the fact that there shall be no more death assures the fact that there shall be a general resurrection; and this also is a proof that, after the resurrection, there shall be no more death. See the whole of…

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John Gill on Revelation 21:4

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes,.... Occasioned by sin, Satan, the hidings of God's face, and afflictive dispensations of Providence; for these will be no more: and there shall be no more death; natural or violent; there will be no more putting of the saints to death, or persecution of them unto death, as in former times; nor will they die a natural death any more; these children of the resurrection, and inhabitants of the new heaven and earth, will be like the angels, who die not; there will be no more deadness as to spiritual things among the saints; and as for the second death, that will have no power over them. So the Jews say (u), , "there is no death in the world t…

The Church Fathers

He has said all of this concerning the glory of the church such as it will possess after the resurrection.
— Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 21:1-4, HOMILY 18

And death shall be no more, etc. For he had already foretold that death was cast into the lake of fire. This same sentence can also be understood in this way: that with the holy city glorified by the final judgment, pain, mourning, and mortality will remain only in hell.
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Such great and exalted clarity from the gift of God will appear in that city that no traces of the old world will remain. Since the heavenly incorruption will exalt the bodies, and the vision of the eternal King will nourish the minds.
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Resurrection of the dead — Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess. 1:6-10). The qualities of the resurrection body will be different from those of the body laid in…
Death · .No — .No
Death, Natural · None subject to in heaven — None subject to in heaven
Fellowship · WITH GOD — WITH GOD
Pain · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Restoration · Of all things — Of all things
Sorrow · No — No
Tears · None in heaven — None in heaven

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 21:4

Adam Clarke on Revelation 21:4

John Gill on Revelation 21:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 21:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 21:4

Adam Clarke on Revelation 21:4

John Gill on Revelation 21:4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 21:4