The Keys of the kingdom (τας κλειδας της βασιλειας). Here again we have the figure of a building with keys to open from the outsid…

And I will give to you, etc. A key is an instrument for opening a door. The one who is in po e ion of it has the power of acce , …

I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven — Two distinct trains of figurative thought are blended in the words that fol…

The new kingdom would not be all-comprehensive, like Noah’s ark, but would have its dove and its keys. For practical purposes, the people of God wo…

Glossa Ordinaria: As soon as the Lord had taken His disciples away from the teaching of the Pharisees, He then suitably procee…

The promise about the “keys of the kingdom” goes beyond the days of Jesus’ earthly ministry. What Jesus’ disciples thought this meant at the time i…

And I will give you the keys. Here Christ now begins to speak of the public office, that is, of the Apostleship, which he dignifies with a…

And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven
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Peter, speaking for himself and his brothers, said that they were assured that our Lord was the promised Messiah, the Son of the living God. This s…

Above, the Lord taught that the Gospel teaching ought to be kept pure from the leaven of the Jews; now here He teaches the exalted nature of His do…