{One of the seven angels} (heis ek t(936e) hepta aggel(936e)). As
in  17:1  with the same introduction when the angel made the
announcement about the harlot city (Babylon), so here the
description of the heavenly city, the New Jerusalem, is given by
one of the same group of angels who had the seven bowls. Thus the

umph(885c) (Bride) is placed in sharp contrast with the porn(885c)
(Harlot). The New Jerusalem was briefly presented in verse  2 ,
but now is pictured at length ( 21:9-22:5 ) in a nearer and
clearer vision. {The bride the wife of the Lamb} (	(886e) numph(886e)
t(886e) gunaika tou arniou). Twice already the metaphor of the Bride
has been used ( 19:7  21:2 ), here termed "wife" (gunaika),
mentioned proleptically as in  19:7  if the marriage is not yet a
reality. For the use of the same metaphor elsewhere in the N.T.
see on 气9:7|.