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Revelation 22 Bible study: A river of water of life

The chapter opens with "a river of water of life, clear as crystal" (22:1), and near its close it calls, "He who desires, let him take the water of life freely." (22:17) Its last verse is a blessing: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen." (22:21)

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“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.”
Revelation 22:17 · World English Bible

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“The word "grace" stands both in the greeting of Revelation (1:4) and in its last verse (22:21).”

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A river of water of life

In the text

John says, "He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb," (22:1) "in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." (22:2) (tap river, water, life, clear and crystal). These two verses don't name the He who shows John the river; 22:8 says who had shown him these things. The chapter goes on: "There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him." (22:3) "They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads." (22:4) "There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever." (22:5) (tap night, lamp and illuminate). Lines from Favor's Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 land on 22:2 and 22:3, and Lines that land here names them. Here, these notes give these five verses as the WEB has them. They say no more of the river, the street, the tree, its fruits and its leaves, the nations, the curse, the throne, the face or the name on the foreheads than the verses' own words, and they set no other verse beside them. Beyond the names the chapter itself gives, these notes identify no one and nothing in this chapter with any person, people, power, nation, church or event, give no time for anything in it, and apply none of it to anyone, then or now.

Where the Old Testament leads here

The tree of life again

In the text

Genesis 2:9leads toRevelation 22:2

The tree of life stands in the middle of the garden. Jesus promises, "To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God", and on the Bible's last pages it stands in God's city, its leaves "for the healing of the nations".

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The Greek word behind it

ζωήzoesay dzo-AY

Strong's: "life (literally or figuratively)". "a river of water of life" (22:1), and "the water of life" (22:17): behind life both times is this noun.

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Revelation 22 Bible study questions

  1. 1"He who desires, let him take the water of life freely." (22:17) What can make it hard to take something that is given freely?
  2. 2"He who is holy, let him be holy still." (22:11) What helps you keep on in something good when it would be easier to stop?
  3. 3The book's last verse is a blessing: "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen." (22:21) Who would you like to speak a blessing like this over this week, and why?

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Last reviewed October 12, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home