18 I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. Matthew 16:18 (NASB) “Peter” is a proper name in Greek, Petros, and the name given to him by Christ (Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14). It means a “stone.”13 “Rock” in this passage is the Greek petra, which means “bedrock.” Petra is the word used for Christ’s tomb (Mark 15:46), for underlying bedrock with a thin layer of soil on it (Matthew 7:25), and for rocky cliffs (Revelation
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