Matthew 16:16-18

16 Simon Peter answered, "You are ¹the Christ, ²the Son of ³the living God."

17 And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, ⁴Simon Barjona, because ⁵flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

18 "I also say to you that you are ⁶Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of ⁷Hades will not overpower it.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 1:16; Matthew 16:20; John 11:27
• 2. Matthew 4:3
• 3. Psalms 42:2; Matthew 26:63; Acts 14:15; Romans 9:26; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Timothy 3:15; 1 Timothy 4:10; Hebrews 3:12; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:31; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 7:2
• 4. John 1:42; John 21:15-17
• 5. 1 Corinthians 15:50; Galatians 1:16; Ephesians 6:12; Hebrews 2:14
• 6. Matthew 4:18
• 7. Matthew 11:23

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. the Messiah
• [b] I.e. son of Jonah
• [c] Gr "Petros," a stone
• [d] Gr "petra," large rock; bed-rock