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.
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2 Samuel 18:4The king said to them, “I will do what seems best to you.” The king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
Psalms 9:13Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,
Psalms 107:18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
Psalms 127:5Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Isaiah 28:6and a spirit of 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. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
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 →