Matthew 16
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Matthew 16:16-18

16SimonG4613 PeterG4074 answeredG611, “You are 1the 2ChristG5547, 3the SonG5207 of 4the livingG2198 GodG2316.”

17And JesusG2424 saidG3004 to him, “BlessedG3107 are you, 5SimonG4613 6BarjonaG920, becauseG3754 7fleshG4561 and bloodG129 did not revealG601 this to you, but My FatherG3962 whoG3588 is in heavenG3772.

18And I alsoG2532 sayG3004 to you that you are 89PeterG4074, and upon thisG3778 10rockG4073 I will buildG3618 My churchG1577; and the gatesG4439 of 11HadesG86 will not overpowerG2729 it.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 16:16 Matt 1:16; 16:20; John 11:27 ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 16:16 I.e., Messiah ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 16:16 Matt 4:3 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 16:16 Ps 42:2; Matt 26:63; Acts 14:15; Rom 9:26; 2 Cor 3:3; 6:16; 1 Thess 1:9; 1 Tim 3:15; 4:10; Heb 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22; Rev 7:2 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 16:17 John 1:42; 21:15-17 ↩
  6. 6. Matthew 16:17 I.e., son of Jonah ↩
  7. 7. Matthew 16:17 1 Cor 15:50; Gal 1:16; Eph 6:12; Heb 2:14 ↩
  8. 8. Matthew 16:18 Gr Petros, a stone ↩
  9. 9. Matthew 16:18 Matt 4:18 ↩
  10. 10. Matthew 16:18 Gr petra, massive rock formation; bedrock ↩
  11. 11. Matthew 16:18 Matt 11:23 ↩

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