Posted on 04/05/2006 9:49:12 PM PDT by Cato1
"the image of the keys is probably drawn from Isaiah "
You are basing your whole argument on "might have been"???
There are many biblical exegesis on this topic confirming the connection. The fact that Matthew's Gospel was intended for Jews increases this connection greatly because Jews know what "keys" symbolize, they know what "binding" and loosing symbolize.
I know of nothing that refutes it. Since I have never come across anything which refutes this link and since I don't know everything pertaining to this topic, I humbly say "probably", while true experts on this will say "definitely".
I am no expert, so I don't say "definitely" because I don't know as much as experts do.
That was only Matthew 16:19, I did not even cover Matthew 16:18; John 21:15-23; Galatians 2:9; Acts 15: 7-11; etc.
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