a[ch. 13:16]
b[John 1:42; 21:15-17]
c1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 1:16 (Gk.); Eph. 6:12; Heb. 2:14
d1 Cor. 2:10; 12:3; [ch. 11:25; John 6:45]
e[ch. 10:2; John 1:42]
fEph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14; [ch. 7:24]
hJob 38:17; Isa. 38:10
iSee ch. 11:23
kch. 21:15-17
l1 Cor. 1:12; 3:22
mMatt. 16:18

Matthew 16:17-18

17And Jesus answered him, a“Blessed are you, bSimon Bar-Jonah! For cflesh and blood has not revealed this to you, dbut my Father who is in heaven. 18And I tell you, eyou are Peter, and fon this rock ▼
▼The Greek words for  Peter and  rock sound similar
 I will build my church, and hthe gates of ihell ▼
▼Greek  the gates of Hades
 shall not prevail against it.

John 1:42

42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of kJohn. You shall be called lCephas” (which means mPeter ▼
▼ Cephas and  Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively
).

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