Matthew 16:18 Themes and Topics

What I tell you in the dark you must say in the light, and what you hear whispered in your ear, you must proclaim from the housetops. Verse Concepts

Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

Then he opened their minds to the understanding of the Scriptures, Verse Concepts

until the day when through the holy Spirit he gave the apostles he had chosen their instructions, and was taken up to heaven. Verse Concepts

But Saul, who was also called Paul, was filled with the holy Spirit, and looked at him Verse Concepts

constantly praising God and respected by all the people. And every day the Lord added people who were saved to their number. Verse Concepts

Hence, if the whole church assembles and they all speak ecstatically, and ordinary people or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are crazy? Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the congregation. And if he refuses to listen to it, treat him as a heathen or a tax-collector. Verse Concepts

For, in the first place, when you meet as a congregation, I hear that you divide into sets, and in a measure I believe it. Verse Concepts

But in public worship I would rather say five words with my understanding so as to instruct others also than ten thousand words in an ecstasy. Verse Concepts

But if there is no one to explain it, have him keep quiet in church, and talk to himself and to God. Verse Concepts

for God is not a God of disorder but of peace. This is the rule in all Christian churches. Women are to keep quiet in church, for they are not allowed to speak. They must take a subordinate place, just as the Law says.

For I am the least important of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I once persecuted God's church. Verse Concepts

You have heard of my former conduct when I was attached to the Jewish religion??ow furiously I used to persecute the church of God and ravage it, Verse Concepts

You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; God bless you and give you peace. Verse Concepts

so that if I am delayed, you may know how we are to conduct ourselves in the household of God, for it is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. Verse Concepts

Like an expert builder, I laid a foundation, as God commissioned me to do, and now someone else is building upon it. But let everyone be careful how he does so. Verse Concepts

Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord, Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

and build yourselves up as living stones into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, so as to offer spiritual sacrifices that through Jesus Christ will be acceptable to God. Verse Concepts

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; God bless you and give you peace. Verse Concepts

so that if I am delayed, you may know how we are to conduct ourselves in the household of God, for it is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. Verse Concepts

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! read more.
But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord, and you are yourselves built up into a dwelling for God through the Spirit.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the Thessalonian church in union with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

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But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

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But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

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So you are no longer foreigners or strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of his family. You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles. Verse Concepts

When he saw the crowds of people he went up on the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his disciples had come up to him, he opened his lips to teach them. And he said, "Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! read more.
"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be consoled! "Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land! "Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied! "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy! "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God! "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons! "Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them! "Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account. Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you! "You are the salt of the earth! But if salt loses its strength, how can it be made salt again? It is good for nothing but to be thrown away and trodden underfoot. You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden. People do not light a lamp and put it under a peck-measure; they put it on its stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.

While he was still speaking, his mother and his brothers came up and stood outside the crowd, wanting to speak to him. OMITTED TEXT But he said to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" read more.
And he pointed to his disciples and said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!"

Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

And his mother and his brothers came. And they stood outside the house and sent word in to him to come outside to them. There was a crowd sitting around him when they told him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you." He answered, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" read more.
And looking around at the people sitting about him, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

For it seems to me, God has exhibited us apostles at the very end of the procession, like the men condemned to die in the arena. For we have become a spectacle to the whole universe, angels as well as men. We are made fools of, for the sake of Christ, while you are men of sense, through being united with him. We are weak, you are strong. You are distinguished, we are despised. To this day we have gone hungry, thirsty, and ill-clad; we have had rough usage, we have had no home, read more.
we have worked with our hands for a living. When people abuse us, we bless them, when they persecute us, we put up with it, when they slander us, we try to conciliate them. We have come to be like the scum of the earth, the dregs of the world, and we are so now.

He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! read more.
But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted." Then he warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ.

And he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God!" But he warned them particularly not to tell this to anyone,

So you are no longer foreigners or strangers, but you are fellow-citizens of God's people and members of his family. You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles. Verse Concepts

Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it.

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld. Verse Concepts

Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit. Verse Concepts

And there I saw a horse the color of ashes, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given power over one quarter of the earth, to kill the people with sword, famine, death, and the wild animals of the earth. Verse Concepts

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today. Verse Concepts

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! Verse Concepts

For you will not desert my soul in death, You will not let your Holy One be destroyed. Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

he foresaw the resurrection of the Christ and told of it, for he was not deserted in death and his body was not destroyed. Verse Concepts

And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him. Verse Concepts

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the underworld gave up the dead that were in them, and they were all judged by what they had done. Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death??he fiery lake.

the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld. Verse Concepts

And there I saw a horse the color of ashes, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given power over one quarter of the earth, to kill the people with sword, famine, death, and the wild animals of the earth. Verse Concepts

And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today. Verse Concepts

For you will not desert my soul in death, You will not let your Holy One be destroyed. Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

And in Hades he looked up, tormented as he was, and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus beside him. Verse Concepts

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the underworld gave up the dead that were in them, and they were all judged by what they had done. Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

When they entered the city they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. There were Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James. Verse Concepts

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, Verse Concepts

Simon, whom he named Peter, his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Verse Concepts

Peter, which was the name he gave to Simon, Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

Simon Peter answered, "To whom can we go, sir? You have a message of eternal life, and we believe and are satisfied that you are the Holy One of God."

And he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God!" Verse Concepts

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. read more.
I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered and said to him, "You are the Christ." Verse Concepts

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but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth." Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

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Peter, which was the name he gave to Simon, Verse Concepts

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God!" Jesus answered, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for human nature has not disclosed this to you, but my Father in heaven! But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. read more.
I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you forbid on earth will be held in heaven to be forbidden, and whatever you permit on earth will be held in heaven to be permitted."

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and drank the same supernatural drink??for they used to drink from a supernatural rock which attended them, and the rock was really Christ??5 still most of them disappointed God, for they were struck down in the desert. Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

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For it says in Scripture, "Here I lay a choice stone in Zion, a costly cornerstone; No one who believes in it will ever be disappointed!" Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

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You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone. Verse Concepts

For no one can lay any other foundation than the one that is laid, that is, Jesus Christ himself. Verse Concepts

But I tell you, your name is Peter, a rock, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not subdue it. Verse Concepts

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles. Verse Concepts

Thematic Bible

Themes in Matthew 16:18

Thematic Bible

Apostles » Inspiration of

Church » Called church in the n. T. (K. J. V.), But congregation earlier in tyndale's translation

Church » Defended » Divinely instituted

Church » Body of Christ » Compared to a building

Church » Christian, divinely established

Church » God defends

Church » Similitudes of the church compared to » Christ the builder

The church » God defends

death » Eternal » Gates of

Disciples/apostles » What the disciples are

Faith » Trial of » The disciples » By the question of jesus, as to who he was

Foundation » The apostles being a foundation

Gates » Illustrative » (of hell,) of satan's power

Gates » Figurative » Of the powers of hell (hades)

Hades » The unseen world, translated "hell" in av, but in the r. V. The word "hades" is retained

Hell » Hades

Hell » The powers of, cannot prevail against the church

Peter » An apostle

Peter » Confesses jesus to be the messiah

Peter » baptism of the spirit

Peter » Also called simon bar-jona and cephas

Rock » Figurative

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church

Satan » Gates of hell (hades)

Similitudes » The church compared to » Christ the builder

Stones » Figurative » The true foundation

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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 16:18