“I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars.

Rejoice over her fate, O heaven and people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her for your sakes.

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.