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Jerome: " Because John the Baptist was the first who preached repentance to the people, saying, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand: rightly therefore from that day forth it may be said, that the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. For great indeed is the violence, when we who are born of earth ...
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. The New International Version translates the passage as: From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 4:17.
Nolland contrasts the"kingdoms of the world" to the "Kingdom of Heaven" that is mentioned throughout the Gospel, one being the kingdom of Satan and the other the kingdom of God. [ 2 ] This verse is often considered to be a reference to Deuteronomy 32:49 , where God instructs Moses to climb Mount Nebo and shows him Jericho and Canaan and ...
According then to the first interpretation it will be pointed, He who is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he; according to the second, He who is less than he, is in the kingdom of heaven greater than he." [3] Chrysostom: " The kingdom of heaven, that is, in the spiritual world, and all relating thereto. But some say that Christ ...
Classical scholar Howard W. Clarke notes that Matthew 3:2 is the first reference to the "kingdom of heaven" in the Gospel of Matthew. [2] The gospels of Mark, Luke, and John never use this expression, preferring instead in parallel texts the term "kingdom of God".
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. John 6:40 “And this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” King James Version The World English Bible translates the passage as:
Jerome: "For the kingdom of God denotes Himself, of whom it is written in another place, The kingdom of God is among you; (Luke 17:21) and, There standeth one in the midst of you whom ye know not. (John 1:26) Or surely that kingdom which both John and the Lord Himself had preached above, Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The keys of heaven or keys of Saint Peter are seen as a symbol of papal authority and are seen on papal coats of arms (those of individual popes) and those of the Holy See and Vatican City State: "Behold he [Peter] received the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the power of binding and loosing is committed to him, the care of the whole Church and ...