Matthew 16:19
And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then he charged his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.
Cross References
John 20:23Whosever sins you forgive, they are forgiven them: whosever sins you retain, they are retained.
Acts 10:34And Peter opened his mouth, and said: In truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons;
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you and my spirit have come together, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he that despises, despises not man, but God, who has given us his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:14-21
Christ's Conference with His Disciples. 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood… Read the whole commentary →