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2. The Petrine School of Interpretation One of his more significant works is the piece Against Praxeas; the work decries modalism, and some believe that Tertullian actually wrote the treatise for Callistus (see below), with Praxeus serving as a false name.164 In many of his writings...

“I will Build My Church”: The Role of ἐκκλησία (16:18b cont.) οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. Οἰκοδομέω occurs 40 times in the New Testament, and 8 times in the Gospel of Matthew.133 Οἰκοδομήσω is in the future tense, so Jesus is looking forward to building a community on the rock of...

Qumran sect was founded upon a “rock”.110 Tractate 1QH 6.25-28 reads: “For Thou wilt set the foundation on rock and the framework by the measuring-cord of justice; and the tried stones [Thou wilt lay] by the plumb-line [of truth], to [build] a mighty [wall] which shall not sway; and no man...

Cullman agrees with Ridderbos’ assessment. He also maintains that since the word πέτρα is feminine in the Greek and has a feminine ending (-α), the New Testament chose a less usual Greek word which had the masculine ending (-ος) for the apostle: Πέτρος.92 Cullman goes on to state that there is...

In his treatise On True and False Religion, Ulrich Zwingli states the following: [It] is as though Christ were saying, ‘I was right to give thee the name Peter; for thou art Peter. For staunchly and clearly and unwaveringly [Peter] confesseth that which has saving power for all. I, too, will...

καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃͅ τῇ πέτρᾳ. The καί merely serves as a connective conjunction, so it should simply be translated as “and.” When used with the dative, ἐπί can be understood in a spatial, temporal, or causal sense.72 Here, a spatial understanding works best, and the word may be understood...

Moreover, Simon also bears another name, Κηφᾶς. This name is a Greek transcription of the Aramaic wordֵֹכיפָא .56 The word ֵֹכיפָא means “rock”.57 The Hebrew noun kēph is found in Jer 4:29, Job 30:6, and Sir 40:1458; the common noun kephā appears twice in the Targum of Job from Qumran Cave 11...

https://bible.org/series/upon-rock-exegetical-and-patristic-examination-matthew-1618 1. The Exegetical Examination of Matthew 16:18 “You are Peter”: A Linguistic Study of Πέτρος (16:18a) κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω. “And I” (κἀγώ) follows the revelation that the Father made to Peter. According to...

A study I found from various understandsing of "Upon This Rock": an Exegetical and Patristic Examination of Matthew 16:18 Later, Jesus takes his disciples to Caesarea Philippi (16:13), a place known for its pagan activity, including the famous grotto where people worshipped the Greek god...

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What was the question? Maybe, the driver of the local Rabbi can answer it. Joke: The Rabbi's driver said, I have heard your spew so many times. I know it by heart. The Rabbi said, at my next place, you can give give the spew. So, he did, Q&A time came, he handled most of the questions...

Aside: Jesus has the keys Revelation 1:18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Revelation 3:7 To the Church in Philadelphia “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who...

YLT and he having turned, said to Peter, `Get thee behind me, adversary! thou art a stumbling-block to me, for thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.'

Romans 4:12 and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. 1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I...

Google patristic analysis of matthew 16 18 Excelent Study: "Upon This Rock": an Exegetical and Patristic Examination of Matthew 16:18 | Bible.org google Matt 16:16-18 definite article

NASB Lexicon NASB © Greek Strong's Origin Simon Σίμων (simōn) 4613: Simon, the name of several Isr. of uncertain origin Peter Πέτρος (petros) 4074: "a stone" or "a boulder," Peter, one of the twelve apostles a noun akin to petra, used as a proper name answered, ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis)...

Thanks for the lesson Bro!!!

Meant as a good thing. Your icon reminds me of Adam 12, McCoy

It is all good, Brothern, friends

You are correct. Those cultic Churches closed because their people came to the real Jesus.