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Where is “On this rock I will build my church” in the Bible?
“On this rock I will build my church” is Matthew 16:18. Jesus says it to Simon Peter at Caesarea Philippi.
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It is Matthew 16:18.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
Jesus says it to Simon Peter at Caesarea Philippi.
The verse
And I also tell you this: you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prove stronger than it.
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What it means there
Peter has just said that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Peter’s name means rock. Christians disagree on what the rock is: Catholics take it to be Peter himself, and many Protestants take it to be the faith he confessed.
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Where is “On this rock I will build my church” in the Bible?
“On this rock I will build my church” is Matthew 16:18. These exact words are in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. Jesus says it to Simon Peter at Caesarea Philippi.
Is “On this rock I will build my church” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Matthew 16:18. In the Lumin Translation, Matthew 16:18 reads: “And I also tell you this: you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prove stronger than it.”
Who said “On this rock I will build my church”?
Jesus says it to Simon Peter at Caesarea Philippi.
What does “On this rock I will build my church” mean in the Bible?
Peter has just said that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God. Peter’s name means rock. Christians disagree on what the rock is: Catholics take it to be Peter himself, and many Protestants take it to be the faith he confessed.
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