Matthew 16:9
BASKETS A different Greek word from that translated "baskets" in (Matthew 16:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
BASKETS A different Greek word from that translated "baskets" in (Matthew 16:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
BASKETS A different Greek word from that translated "baskets" in (Matthew 16:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN Also (Matthew 16:27); (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _... [ Continue Reading ]
BARJONA Son of Jonas.... [ Continue Reading ]
PETER There is the Greek a play upon the words, "thou art Peter [Greek, "petros" -- literally 'a little rock]', and upon this rock [Greek, "Petra"] I will build my church." He does not promise to build His church upon Peter, but upon Himself, as Peter is careful to tell us. (1 Peter 2:4). CHURCH... [ Continue Reading ]
KEYS OF THE KINGDOM Not the keys of the church, but of the kingdom of heaven in the sense of Matthew 13, that is, the sphere of Christian profession. A key is a badge of power or authority (cf) (Isaiah 22:22); (Revelation 3:7). The apostolic history explains and limits this trust, for it was Peter... [ Continue Reading ]
CHARGED The disciples had been proclaiming Jesus as the Christ, that is, the covenanted King of a kingdom promised to the Jews, and "at hand." The church, on the contrary, must be built upon testimony to Him as crucified, risen from the dead, ascended, and made "Head over all things to the church.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 7:7). (_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 13:8). _... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _... [ Continue Reading ]