Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Matthew 16:19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:19 "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 will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth will have [already] been loosed in heaven." [Is 22:22; Matt 18:18] |
Subject: Binding and Losing? |
Bible Note: Hi, quumoh.... Greek has very specific pronouns, unlike modern English. Even in "King James" English, the distinction surfaces. The word "ye" would be how you would refer to more than one person, while the word "thee" would be how you would refer to a single person. Like in the South where people say "you all." The other people overhearing this statement directed to Peter would have had no warrant to have applied it to themselves. Indeed, they'd have been linguistically incorrect to have done so. (They heard Jesus speaking to Satan in v23, did they apply that to themselves as well?) Indeed, I find that you are unique in the way you have exegeted this passage. Now, had you, instead, asserted that the disciples applied this to themselves based on Christ's assertion in Matthew 18:18 (where the pronouns agree), then I'd not have disagreed. As I said in my previous post, I agree with your conclusion, but not with your exegesis. A sound exegesis is every bit as important as the soundness of a conclusion. In Him, Doc |