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BIND AND LOOSE

Definitions:            Bind/Binding Grk.    deo = to fasten; to tie; to bind

                                                            desete = to bind or tie as with a rope, chain, cord

                                                            desmeo = to fetter

                                                            desmeuo = to fetter

                                                proteino = to stretch out before

                                                            perideo = to bind around

                                                            huodeo = to bind under

                                                            katadeo = to bind fast

                                                            sundeo = to bind along with

     Loose/Loosed/Loosening Grk.            apoluo = to loose off or away

                                                            katargio = to make inactive

                                                            luo = to loose

                                                            anitemi = to send again; to sent up; let go

                                                            airo = to lift

                                                            anago = to send forth or away

                                                            lusis =  a loosening

                                                            lusete = to unbind, to loosen, to set free

The terms “bind” and “loose” were Jewish idioms indicating that what is announced on earth has already been determined in heaven.  To “bind” meant to forbid, refuse, or prohibit.  To “loose” meant to permit or allow.  In Matthew 18:18, Jesus is speaking of church discipline.  Members who repent are to be restored or “loosed” and members who do not repent are to be removed or “bound”.  The decisions we make, the correction we give and the forgiveness we offer must be in harmony with God’s revealed truth in order to be binding. i.e. John 16:13

1.     Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27 “How can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his

goods, except he first bind the strong man?  And then he      

will spoil his house.”

2.     Matthew 13:30 “Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I

        will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them

        in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”

3.     Matthew 16:19 “I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and

        whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and

        whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

4.     Matthew 18:18 “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be

        bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed

        in heaven.”

5.     Matthew 21:2; Mark 11:2-5; Luke 19:30-34 “Go into the village over against you, and

  straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and

              bring them unto me.”

6.     Matthew 22:13 “Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take

        him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and

        gnashing of teeth.”

6.     Matthew 27:2Mark 15:1 “And when they had bound him, they led him away, and

 delivered him to  Pontius Pilate the governor.”

7.     Mark 5:3-4 “Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no,  

   not with chains: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and

   chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters

   broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.”

8.     Mark 6:17 “For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him

 in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married

 her.”

9.     Mark 7:35 “And straight way his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was

      loosed, and he spake plain.”

10.    Mark 13:15 “The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each

one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead

him away to watering?”

11.   Mark 15:7 “And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had

made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the

insurrection.”

10.   Luke 10:34 “And the Samaritan went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil

          and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and

          took care of him.”

11.   Luke 13:16 “And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan

  hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the

  Sabbath day?”

11.   John 11:44 “And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave

 clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.  Jesus saith unto them,

 Loose him, and let him go.”

12.   John 18:12, 24 “Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus,

          and  bound him.  Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the

          high priest.”

13.   Acts 2:24 “Whom God hath raised upon having loosed the pains of death: because it

       was not possible that he should be of it.”

14.   Acts 9:2, 14, 21; 22:5 “And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that                                           if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he

        might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.  And here he hath

        authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.  

        But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that

        destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and

        came hither for that intent, the he might bring them bound unto

        the chief priests?”

14.   Acts 12:8 “And the angel said unto Peter, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals.  And  

       so he did.  And he saith unto him,  Cast thy garment about thee, and follow

       me.”  

15.    Acts 13:25 “And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am?  I am

          not he.  But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I

          am not worthy to loose.”

16.   Acts 20:22 “And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing

the things that shall befall me there: Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in

every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.”

15.   Acts 21:11, 13 “And when Agabus was come unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound

       his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy ghost, So shall the

      Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver

      him into the hands of the Gentiles.  Then Paul answered, What mean ye

      to weep and to break mine heart?  For I am ready not to be bound only,

      but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

16.   Acts 21:33 “Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to

 be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had

done.”

17.   Acts 22:30 “On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he

        was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the

        chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Pal down, and set

        him before them.”

18.   Acts 24:26 “Felix hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he

         might loose him:”

19.   Romans 7:2“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her

  husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from

  the law of her husband.”

18.   I Corinthians 7:27, 39 “Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed.  Art thou

        loosed from a wife:  Seek not a wife.  The wife is bound by the

        law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead,

        she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the

        Lord.”

19.   II Timothy 2:9 “Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the

         word of God is not bound.”

20.   Hebrews 13:3 “Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them

 which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”

21.   Revelation 5:2, 5 “And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,  Who is

   worthy to pen the book, and to loose the seals thereof?  And one of the   

   elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda,

   the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the

   seven seals thereof.””

22.   Revelation 9:14-15 “Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four

         angels which are bound I the great river Euphrates.  And the four

         angels were loosed, which ere prepared for an hour, and a day, and a

         month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.”

21.   Revelation 20:2-3, 7, 10 “And angel laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is

the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him   

into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that

he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.  And when

the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his

prison.  And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire

and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be

tormented day and night for ever and ever.”  

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