Matthew 16:18

And I also say to you that you are Shim'on Kefa + 16:18 Petros and upon this TSUR I will build my Kehillah, my Chavurah (the Community of Moshiach) and the shaarei Sheol (gates of Sheol) shall not overpower it.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

17And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply to him, Ashrey atah (happy are you), Shim'on Bar-Yonah, because basar vadahm (flesh and blood) did not give you this hisgalus (revelation), but Avi sh'ba'Shomayim.

19I will give you the maftechot Malchut HaShomayim (keys of the Kingdom of Heaven); and whatever you shall bind as asur (prohibited) on haaretz shall be bound as asur (prohibited) in Shomayim, and whatever you shall loose as mutar (permitted) on haaretz shall be loosed as mutar (permitted) in Shomayim.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:4And HaMelech said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And HaMelech stood by the side of the sha'ar, and kol haAm came out by hundreds and by thousands.

Psalms 9:13When He avenges + 9:13 shefach dahm, He remembereth them; 1 He forgetteth not the cry of the aniyim (humble, afflicted, the helpless ones). 1

Psalms 107:18Their nefesh abhorreth all manner of ochel (food); 1 and they drew near unto the sha'arei mavet (gates of death). 1

Psalms 127:5Ashrei hagever that hath his quiver full of them; 1 they shall not be ashamed, 1 but they shall speak with the oyevim basha'ar (enemy at the gate).

Isaiah 28:6And for a ruach mishpat 1 to him that sitteth in mishpat, 1 and for gevurah to them 1 that turn back the milchamah at the gate. 1

Isaiah 38:10I said: In the cutting short of my yamim, 1 I shall go to the Sha'arei Sheol; + 38:10 See Mt 16:18 1 I am deprived of the remainder of my shanot. 1

Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:14-21

Christ's Conference with His Disciples. 13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood… Read the whole commentary →

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