Matthew 16:18
'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;
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2 Samuel 18:4And the king saith unto them, 'That which is good in your eyes I do;' and the king standeth at the side of the gate, and all the people have gone out by hundreds and by thousands,
Psalms 9:13Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
Psalms 107:18All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death,
Psalms 127:5O the happiness of the man Who hath filled his quiver with them, They are not ashamed, For they speak with enemies in the gate!
Isaiah 28:6And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might [to] those turning back the battle to the gate.
Isaiah 38:10'I — I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine 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 →