[B-Greek] Matthew 16:18 - two questions
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard3 at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 21 23:52:55 EDT 2008
Jeffrey,
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
> I'll be hanged if I can find anything in the Greek text of Matthew
> that shows that Matthew subscribed to this notion of the EKKLHSIA, let
> alone that he was in agreement with everything Paul said or
> professed. Have I missed something? Or is the above a good example
> of eisegesis?
HH: Jesus is the Lord of the Church, according to Matthew:
Matt. 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven
and on earth has been given to me.
Matt. 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Matt. 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded
you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matt. 22:43 He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit
calls him Lord, saying,
Matt. 22:44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet” ’
HH: The reason that Hades will not prevail against the Church is because
of the resurrection and because of its Lord. I was just generalizing.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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