And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the city itself pure gold, like to clear glass.
Glossa Ordinaria
And it was. He had said that in this city there are walls and gates and foundations, and these among themselves, some greater, some lesser; here he sets forth what kind the wall is, and what kind the city itself and the foundations and the gates. The structure of its wall of jasper stone. That is, if anyone be instructed unto this, that he be a defender of others, he has this from the faith which he firmly holds and preaches, which the green jasper signifies, that he may be a defender of others. Gold. Gold denotes wisdom; but glass, the purity of faith, by which he promises with the mouth what he believes with the heart.
English is machine-translated from the public-domain Latin (Glossa Ordinaria, Migne, Patrologia Latina 113-114, 1852; digital text from Corpus Corporum, mlat.uzh.ch), since no public-domain English translation exists. It is not a scholarly translation. Please report errors.