# General Information: This is the beginning of the Son of Man's message to the angel of the church in Philadelphia. # Philadelphia This is the name of a city in the western part of Asia that today is modern Turkey. See how you translated this in [Revelation 1:11](../01/11.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # key of David Jesus speaks of his authority to decide who may go into his kingdom as if it were King David's key. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]]) # he opens and no one shuts "he opens the door to the kingdom and no one can close it" # he shuts and no one can open "he closes the door and no one can open it"