[B-Greek] Matthew 16:18 - two questions
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 21 12:50:02 EDT 2008
Eric,
> Since Jesus doesn't say, "The gates of Hades will not prevail
> against Me," but says they will not prevail against "it" - i.e.,
> either the church or Peter's confession - I'm not sure that one
> can assert that He's talking about His resurrection as busting
> open the gates of Hades. Rather, either His church or those who
> confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God
> (which in a sense is His church), are the "it" against which
> the gates of Hades will not be able to prevail.Eric S. Weiss
>
HH: The church is the "body of Christ."
1Cor. 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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