[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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