Mat 16:18 | HCSB | STEP | And I also say to you that you are Peter , and on this rock I will build My church , and the forces of Hades will not overpower it .

c Mt 18:17; Ac 5:11; 7:38; 8:1,3; 9:31; 11:22,26

Matthew 16:18

18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, ^{▼▼Peter (Gk Petros) = a specific stone or rock} and on this rock ^{▼▼Rock (Gk petra) = a rocky crag or bedrock} I will build My church, ^c and the forces ^{▼▼Lit gates} of ^{▼▼Hades: The Greek word for the place of the dead; it corresponds to the Hebrew word Sheol.}Hades will not overpower it.