Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 21:14
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Revelation21:14
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations , and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the lamb .
The ancient Church of God was founded in 12 Patriarchs, and 12 Tribes; the Gospel Church in 12 Apostles; Christ is the only Foundation of both, 1 Cor. 3.11. but he is the Foundation upon which the Church is built. The 12 Apostles are called the Foundations per quae, or per quos, by which the Gospel Church had its beginning.
As Work-Men sometimes set their Names upon Foundation-Stones, by which it is made known who were they that builded the Wall.
Marginal references: Matth. 16.18. Eph. 2.20.
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