and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,
`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;
and they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
and having known the grace that was given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who were esteemed to be pillars, a right hand of fellowship they did give to me, and to Barnabas, that we to the nations, and they to the circumcision `may go',
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',
which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --
and He gave some `as' apostles, and some `as' prophets, and some `as' proclaimers of good news, and some `as' shepherds and teachers,
for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor `is' God.
and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
`Be glad over her, O heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets, because God did judge your judgment of her!'
at the east three gates, at the north three gates, at the south three gates, at the west three gates;