Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Note Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
Note Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
Note or, Hell
And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- thou
- Matthew 10:2; John 1:42; Galatians 2:9
- upon
- Isaiah 28:16; 1 Corinthians 3:10, 11; Ephesians 2:19–22; Revelation 21:14
- I will
- Zechariah 6:12, 13; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Hebrews 3:3, 4
- my
- Matthew 18:17; Acts 2:47; Acts 8:1; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 5:25–27, 32; Colossians 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:5, 15
- and the
- Genesis 22:17; 2 Samuel 18:4; Job 38:17; Psalm 9:13; Psalm 69:12; Psalm 107:18; Psalm 127:5; Proverbs 24:7; Isaiah 28:6; Isaiah 38:10; 1 Corinthians 15:55
- shall not
- Psalm 125:1, 2; Isaiah 54:17; John 10:27–30; Romans 8:33–39; Hebrews 12:28; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 21:1–4