And he brought me thither] That is, from the mountaine of the Temple, to the Citie it selfe; mentioned immediately before. a man] An Angel in the appearance of a man, as Genesis 18:1. and 32. 24. Joshua 5:13. Judges 13:11, &c. This most likely was the Angel of the Covenant, Christ, who had shewed the platforme of the Tabernacle to Moses, and the fashion of the first Temple to David. See Chap. 1. 26. like the appearance of brasse] As fire, Chap. 1. 27. Revelation 1:15. with a line of flax and a measuring-reed] This line or cord was to measure the compasse of the outer wall, and the floore of the whole building, and then of the Courts; and the reed to measure the height and thicknesse of the wals, and the proportion of the gate, chambers, and other things. and hee stood in the gate] That is, in the gate of the Citie. For observe the Prophets flittings or removals in this vision. First, he is brought into the land of Israel, there he is set upon the mountaine of the Temple: from it he seeth the City lying on the South: then the Spirit bringeth him thither, or into the Citie, and there he seeth the Angel standing in the gate of the Citie: and from thence the Angel and he ascend the mountaine of the Temple, and the one measureth, and the other observeth the building.