Revelation 1:18 (ESV)ExpositionWhat are Death and Hades?ShareInformationReading ListEnglishRevelation 1:18 (ESV)18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.Death and Hades were considered to be where the souls of the deceased dwell, whether believer or unbeliever (see Psalm 9:13; Isaiah 38:10).
18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.