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NASB | Revelation 1:18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 1:18 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). |
Subject: Jesus and keys to hell and hades |
Bible Note: I can remember a friend of mine (who was a pastor) telling me that the "keys" were given to Adam when Adam was given 'authority' over the earth, then they passed to Satan at the fall of mankind, and then Christ took this authority back (out of Satan's grasp) when He pronounced Satan's doom by rising from the grave. --Nolan |