Neither of these mention St Peter at the pearly gates, though. The biggest addition the Apocrypha makes is a record of someone praying for the dead. Protestants generally still do recognise the Apocrypha, but just as historical records and not authoritative, hence not a part of the Bible.
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
In Matthew 16 Jesus gives Peter the “keys to the kingdom” and in Revelation the new Jerusalem has pearls for gates. That’s where it comes from.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
The pearly gates are biblical. I think the keys are taken a bit literally. But that’s interesting to think about, actually