Mazmur 118:17-18

118:17 I will not die, but live,

and I will proclaim what the Lord has done. ¹ 

118:18 The Lord severely ²  punished me,

but he did not hand me over to death.

Ulangan 32:39

The Vindication of the Lord

32:39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, ³ 

“and there is no other god besides me.

I kill and give life,

I smash and I heal,

and none can resist ⁴  my power.

Ulangan 32:1

Invocation of Witnesses

32:1 Listen, O heavens, and I will speak;

hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

1 Samuel 2:6

2:6 The Lord both kills and gives life;

he brings down to the grave ⁵  and raises up.

Yohanes 5:21

5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, ⁶  so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. ⁷ 

Yohanes 5:23

5:23 so that all people ⁸  will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Yohanes 5:28-29

5:28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time ⁹  is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 5:29 and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. ¹⁰ 

Yohanes 11:25-26

11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live ¹¹  even if he dies, 11:26 and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. ¹²  Do you believe this?”

Ibrani 2:14-15

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹³  their humanity, ¹⁴  so that through death he could destroy ¹⁵  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), 2:15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

Wahyu 1:18

1:18 and the one who lives! I ¹⁶  was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! ¹⁷ 

Wahyu 20:1

The Thousand Year Reign

20:1 Then ¹⁸  I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding ¹⁹  in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.

[118:17]  ¹ tn Heb “the works of the Lord.”

[118:18]  ² tn The infinitive absolute emphasizes the following verbal idea.

[32:39]  ³ tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[32:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).

[2:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “Sheol”; NAB “the nether world”; CEV “the world of the dead.”

[5:21]  ⁶ tn Grk “and makes them live.”

[5:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “the Son makes whomever he wants to live.”

[5:23]  ⁸ tn Grk “all.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for stylistic reasons and for clarity (cf. KJV “all men”).

[5:28]  ⁹ tn Grk “an hour.”

[5:29]  ¹⁰ tn Or “a resurrection resulting in judgment.”

[11:25]  ¹¹ tn That is, will come to life.

[11:26]  ¹² tn Grk “will never die forever.”

[2:14]  ¹³ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

[2:14]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the same.”

[2:14]  ¹⁵ tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”

[1:18]  ¹⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[1:18]  ¹⁷ tn Concerning “Hades” BDAG 19 s.v. ᾅδης 1 and 2 states: “Orig. proper noun, god of the nether world, ‘Hades’, then the nether world, Hades as place of the dead, Ac 2:27, 31 (Ps 15:10; Eccl 9:10; PGM 1, 179; 16, 8; Philo, Mos. 1, 195; Jos., Bell. 1, 596, Ant. 6, 332). Of Jonah’s fish ἐκ τοῦ κατωτάτου ᾅδου. In the depths, contrasted w. heaven ἕως (τοῦ) ᾅδου Mt 11:23; Lk 10:15 (PsSol 15:10; cp.; Is 14:11, 15); ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ 16:23; ἐν ῝Αιδου ApcPt Rainer. Accessible by gates (but the pl. is also used [e.g. Hom., X., Ael. Aristid. 47, 20 K.=23 p. 450 D.] when only one gate is meant), hence πύλαι ᾅδου (Il. 5, 646; Is 38:10; Wsd 16:13; 3 Macc 5:51; Pss. Sol. 16:2. – Lucian, Menipp. 6 the magicians can open τοῦ ῝Αιδου τὰς πύλας and conduct people in and out safely) Mt 16:18…locked ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου Rv 1:18 (the genitives are either obj. [Ps.-Apollod. 3, 12, 6, 10 Aeacus, the son of Zeus holds the κλεῖς τοῦ ῝Αιδου; SEG VIII, 574, 3 (III ad) τῷ τὰς κλεῖδας ἔχοντι τῶν καθ᾿ ῝Αιδου (restored)] or possess.; in the latter case death and Hades are personif.; s. 2)…Hades personif.…w. θάνατος (cp. Is 28:15; Job 38:17…) Rv 6:8; 20:13f.”

[1:18]  sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).

[20:1]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[20:1]  ¹⁹ tn The word “holding” is implied. The two clauses “having the key of the abyss” and “a huge chain in his hand” can be construed in two ways: (1) both are controlled by the participle ἔχοντα (econta) and both are modified by the phrase “in his hand” – “having in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain.” (2) The participle ἔχοντα refers only to the key, and the phrase “in his hand” refers only to the chain – “having the key of the abyss and holding a huge chain in his hand.” Because of the stylistic tendency in Rev to use the verb ἔχω (ecw) to mean “hold (something)” and the phrase “in his hand” forming a “bracket” along with the verb ἔχω around both the phrases in question, the first option is preferred.