Matthew 16:18

18 "I also say to you that you are 1Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of 2Hades will not overpower it.

Matthew 16:18 In-Context

16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven."
20 Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

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  • [a]. Gr "Petros," a stone
  • [b]. Gr "petra," large rock; bed-rock
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