18 (A)I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, (B)I am alive forevermore. Amen. And (C)I have the keys of [a]Hades and of Death.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:18 Lit. Unseen; the unseen realm

18 and the (A)living One; and I [a](B)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have (C)the keys of death and of Hades.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:18 Lit became

18 and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead).

Read full chapter

18 I am the Living One; I was dead,(A) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!(B) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.(C)

Read full chapter

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

Read full chapter

19 (A)And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth [a]will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:19 Or will have been bound . . . will have been loosed

19 I will give you (A)the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and (B)whatever you [a]bind on earth [b]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you [c]loose on earth [d]shall have been loosed in heaven.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:19 I.e., forbid
  2. Matthew 16:19 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense
  3. Matthew 16:19 I.e., permit
  4. Matthew 16:19 Gr fut. pft. pass. tense

19 I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth [a]will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth [b]will have [already] been loosed in heaven.”(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:19 Gr estai dedemenon, future perfect passive referring to a state of having already been bound.
  2. Matthew 16:19 Gr estai lelumenon, future perfect passive.

19 I will give you the keys(A) of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[a] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[b] loosed in heaven.”(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:19 Or will have been
  2. Matthew 16:19 Or will have been

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Read full chapter