Matius 16:18

16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades ¹  will not overpower it.

Matius 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ²  entered the temple courts, ³  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ⁴  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

[16:18]  ¹ tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).

[16:18]  sn In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14). Some translations render this by its modern equivalent, “hell”; others see it as a reference to the power of death.

[21:23]  ² tn Grk “he.”

[21:23]  ³ tn Grk “the temple.”

[21:23]  ⁴ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1