19 [a]And I (A) will give unto thee the [b]keys of the Kingdom of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt [c]bind upon earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.

20 [d]Then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was Jesus that Christ.

21 [e]From that time forth Jesus began to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the [f]Elders, and of the high Priests, and Scribes, and be slain and be raised again the third day.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:19 The authority of the Church is from God.
  2. Matthew 16:19 A metaphor taken of stewards which carry the keys: and here is set forth the power of the ministers of the word, as Isa. 22:22, and that power is common to all ministers, as Matt. 18:18, and therefore the ministers of the Gospel may rightly be called the key of the kingdom of heaven.
  3. Matthew 16:19 They are bound whose sins are retained, heaven is shut against them, because they received not Christ by faith: on the other side, how happy are they, to whom heaven is open, which embrace Christ, and are delivered by him, and become fellow heirs with him.
  4. Matthew 16:20 Men must first learn and then teach.
  5. Matthew 16:21 The minds of men are in time to be prepared and made ready against the stumbling block of persecution.
  6. Matthew 16:21 It was a name of dignity and not of age, and it is put for them, which were the Judges, which the Hebrews called Sanhedrin.

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) 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone(C) that he was the Messiah.

Jesus Predicts His Death(D)

21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem(E) and suffer many things(F) at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law,(G) and that he must be killed(H) and on the third day(I) be raised to life.(J)

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Footnotes

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