Matthew 16:19
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens: and whatsoever you may bind on the earth, shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever you may loose on earth shall be loosed in the heavens.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He is the Christ.
Cross References
John 20:23Whose sins you may remit, are remitted unto them; whose sins you may retain, have been retained.
Acts 10:34And Peter, opening his mouth, said, In truth I apprehend that God is no respecter of persons:
1 Corinthians 5:4in the name of the Lord Jesus, you and my spirit being assembled, with the power of the Lord Jesus,
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore the one rejecting (sanctification), does not reject man, but God, who indeed gives to you his Holy Spirit.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; The holy, true one, the one having the key of David, the one opening, and no one shall shut; and the one shutting, and no one shall open; says these things.
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 →