Matthew 16:19
To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatever thou shalt unbind on earth, shall be unbound in heaven.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then he enjoined on his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was the Messiah.
Cross References
John 20:23If ye shall remit sins to any one, they will be remitted to him; and if ye shall retain those of any one, they will be retained.
Acts 10:34And Simon opened his mouth, and said: Truly I discover that God is no respecter of persons.
1 Corinthians 5:4that ye all assemble together, in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah, and I with you in spirit, together with the energy of our Lord Jesus Messiah;
1 Thessalonians 4:8He therefore who spurneth, spurneth not man but God, who hath given his Holy Spirit in you.
Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the church which is at Philadelphia, write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, who openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth;
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 →