Study it in the app“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.””
I will giveδώσωyouσοιthe keysτὰς κλεῖδαςof the kingdomτῆς βασιλείαςof heaven,τῶν οὐρανῶνandκαὶwhateverὃ ἐὰνyou bindδήσῃςonἐπὶearthτῆς γῆςwill have been boundἔσται δεδεμένονinἐνheaven,τοῖς οὐρανοῖςandκαὶwhateverὃ ἐὰνyou looseλύσῃςonἐπὶearthτῆς γῆςwill have been loosedἔσται λελυμένονinἐνheaven.”τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dōsō” appearskey
Key.
Where else “kleidas” appearskingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileias” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōn” appearsforbid
To forbid or bind: "whatever you bind on earth".
Where else “dēsēis” appearsearth
The whole earth under heaven, where human beings live.
Where else “gēs” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estai” appearsuntie
To undo bonds, or set someone free.
Where else “lysēis” appears“Bind and loose” were expressions of the Jewish teachers for forbidding and permitting (compare 18:18). It can also be understood as retaining and forgiving (compare John 20:23).
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Peter's confession
Matthew 16:13-20
13Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he was asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Immerser, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He says to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” 16And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17And Jesus answered and said to him, “Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. 18And I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.” 20Then he ordered the disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.
27And Jesus went out, and his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he was asking his disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28And they said to him, saying, “John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29And he was asking them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” Peter answers him, “You are the Messiah.” 30And he warned them to tell no one about him.
18And it happened while he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19And they answered and said, “John the Immerser; but others, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets has risen.” 20And he said to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” And Peter answered and said, “The Messiah of God.” 21But he warned them and commanded them to tell this to no one,
18And I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
19 · This verse (above)
20Then he ordered the disciples to tell no one that he was the Messiah.
1. What it says
Who did people say Jesus was, and what did Peter answer (vv. 13–16)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by losing one's life in order to find it (vv. 24–25)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asks, “But who do you say that I am?” (v. 15). How would you answer in your own words?
