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keys

Meaning of “keys”

Authority or power to open, shut, admit, or restrain.

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First occurrence: Matthew 16:19

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Every verse containing “keys”

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Matthew 16:19
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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.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 16:19 · retained source text

And I will giue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen: and whatsoeuer thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heauen: whatsoeuer thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heauen.

1611 marginal noteIoh. 20.23.

Revelation 1:18
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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.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 1:18 · retained source text

I am hee that liueth, and was dead: and behold, I am aliue for euermore, Amen, and haue the keyes of hell and of death.

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