Matthew 16:18
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.
World English Bible (Public Domain)
In context
Before · Matthew 16:16–17
16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18I 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.
After · Matthew 16:19–20
19I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” 20Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
Notes and cross references in the WEB
- FootnotePeter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
- FootnoteGreek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
- Footnoteor, Hell