John the Baptist and the Keys of Baptism

Authors

John A. Tvedtnes

Keywords

Priesthood keys, baptism, John the Baptist, keys of baptism

Abstract

The Latter-day Saint concept of priesthood keys is not well documented in the Bible. A single passage has Jesus Christ promising to give Peter "the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 16:19), while the book of Revelation indicates that Christ held "the keys of hell and of death" and "the key of David" (Revelation 1:18; 3:7; see Isaiah 22:22). There is no mention of keys in connection with John the Baptist.

Recommended Citation

Tvedtnes, John A. (1999) "John the Baptist and the Keys of Baptism," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 19: No. 6, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol19/iss6/4