Matthew 16:18

I also tell you that you are Peter [Rock], and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades / Sh'ol ·Place of the dead· will not prevail against it.

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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

17Yeshua [Salvation] answered him, “Blessed are you, Simeon Bar Jonah [Hearing son of Dove], for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but 'Avi shebashamayim ·my Father in Heaven·.

19+ 16:19. MP: Messiah has the key of David (Is 9:7) and final authority to open or close based on his own governing decisions. (Is 22:22) I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven (God), and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

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Cross References

Psalms 9:13ח Have mercy on me, Adonai. 2 See my affliction by those who hate me, 1 and lift me up from the gates of death; 2

Psalms 107:18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. 2 They draw near to the gates of death. 1

Psalms 127:5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. 2 They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Isaiah 28:6and a spirit of mishpat ·justice· to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol ·Place of the dead·. 2 I am deprived of the residue of my years.” 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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