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Matthew 16:18-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 16:18-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build My church,(A) and the forces[c] of Hades will not overpower it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,(B) and whatever you bind on earth is already bound[d] in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed[e] in heaven.”
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- Matthew 16:18 Peter (Gk Petros) = a specific stone or rock
- Matthew 16:18 Rock (Gk petra) = a rocky crag or bedrock
- Matthew 16:18 Lit gates
- Matthew 16:19 Or earth will be bound
- Matthew 16:19 Or earth will be loosed
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