Revelation 21:17 (WEB)
Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
Catechism · 1
The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“And the building of the wall of it was of jasper; and the city was pure gold”—and so on.” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 16–18.
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Tertullian
“This both Ezekiel had knowledge of and the Apostle John beheld.” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 10–23.
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