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Matthew 16:18
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18 I also tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock [b] I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades[c] will not prevail against it.

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  1. 16:18 Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
  2. 16:18 Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
  3. 16:18 or, Hell
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Matthew 16:18
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

18 And I tell you, you are [a]Peter [Greek, Petros—a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra—a [b]huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the [c]infernal region) shall [d]not overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it].

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:18 The rock on which the church is built is traditionally interpreted as either Peter’s inspired confession of faith in Jesus as the Messiah, or it may be Peter himself (see Eph. 2:20).
  2. Matthew 16:18 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  3. Matthew 16:18 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
  4. Matthew 16:18 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
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