Understanding the Original Greek for Matthew 16:18-19

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I found this using Biblia by Faithlife in The New Testament in the Original Greek (Westcott and Hort) & the NABRE (USCCB):

18 k And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church,*and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
19l I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.* Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

18 κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ Πέτρος, καὶ ἐπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πέτρᾳ οἰκοδομήσω μου τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ πύλαι ᾅδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς·

19 δώσω σοι τὰς κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν δήσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν λύσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται λελυμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

BibleHub translates the Greek as follows:

https://biblehub.com/lexicon/matthew/16-18.htm

https://biblehub.com/lexicon/matthew/16-19.htm

How are the verbs in Greek conjugated to indicate that it was Peter & not any other Apostle(s)/any other believers?

Thank you for any assistance.

In Him,

kainosktisis
 
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I found this on this website:

κἀγὼ [ I , emphatically, in response to Peter’s delaration] δέ [ and, also , postpositive: together with first word, and I or I also ] σοι [2nd person singular dative pronoun, to you ] λέγω [ (I) say ] ὅτι [ that ] σὺ [2nd person singular nominative pronoun, you , emphatically] εἶ [2nd person singular present active, are ] Πέτρος [ Peter ], καὶ [ and ] ἐπὶ [preposition on, upon ] ταύτῃ [ this ] τῇ πέτρᾳ [ rock ] οἰκοδομήσω [first person singular future active I will build , as in building a house] μου [ my (lit. of me )] τὴν ἐκκλησίαν [ church (lit. a calling out, a meeting, an assembly — but concretely and universally in Christian lit. refers to the Church )], καὶ [ and ] πύλαι [ (the) gates ] ἅδου [ of hades ] οὐ [negative particle, not ] κατισχύσουσιν [3rd person plural future active, will overpower ] αὐτῆς [ it ].

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YES!!! This is it!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::+1:t3::dancer:t5:🕺
 
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Aw! 🤣 Thank you! I appreciate the info you’d provided. I’d heard that the original Greek confirms the Catholic understanding of Scripture concerning Matthew 16:18-19, but while I can look up lexicons & inter linear translations with the English & Greek, I don’t know Greek so as to determine proper verb conjugation. This helped.
 
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Thank you, George!

I am putting together this info for future reference. And study! 2,000 years of Church history, & I am horribly behind! 🤣
 
Ok, how do I get the software to show me how the verbs in the verses are properly conjugated?

I see the Greek text, but more specifically I’d like to see the conjugation of the verbs.
 
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Aw! 🤣 Thank you! I appreciate the info you’d provided. I’d heard that the original Greek confirms the Catholic understanding of Scripture concerning Matthew 16:18-19, but while I can look up lexicons & inter linear translations with the English & Greek, I don’t know Greek so as to determine proper verb conjugation. This helped.
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I’m glad you found what you are looking for, but for me I don’t understand why you’d have to go back to the original Greek.

Sure if you want to use that particular one. But there really are so many others that the Catholic understanding of that one is the only one that makes sense.

“I have prayed for you Peter.”

“Feed my sheep.”

& so on.

Then when you take the whole bible in context, it’s always been one. One God, one judge, one King. We are the New Israel. Not the new Republic of Israel.

Our Pope is to us as Moses was to the Hebrews, as Samuel, as Saul.

God is our King, always has been. Always will be. Even though He might put Gideon at the head of His army, or Solomon as head of His Kingdom Jesus is still the true King.

At least that’s the way I see it.
 
Most Protestants don’t understand the texts indicating this.

Whenever discussion of Peter as the Pope comes up, they are very literal for the most part. If it’s not explicit in Scriptures, as far as they’re concerned, it’s unScriptural. But…even they understand that Scripture can point to things even if not explicitly naming it as such. Some are open to this. Others no matter how you try to show them won’t accept a Catholic interpretation, & this gets harder when personal interpretations & lack of authority plays into it all.
 
I also like looking at what the original Greek says - even if I don’t know the language per se. I use reference materials, but without knowing Koine Greek, I can’t verify verb conjugations to see how they translate.

In the case of Matthew 16:18-19, the verb conjugations will confirm for me whether or not one person receives the keys or more than one.

Many Protestants will read this keys text in English & say that it applies to all believers in Christ, or that Christ is the foundation - not Peter, & going back to the Greek reveals the truth.
 
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Please indulge me for a moment. Thank the Lord we are not a text-based religion. Thank the Lord that we are not text-only. Thank the Lord that we have the teaching of the Apostles to define and place the scriptures in their proper light. As to Peter being primary, here is a partial list of his qualifications and activities from an old, long ago closed thread.
In the Gospels, Peter is mentioned 195 times. The closest is John (the beloved disciple) at just 29 times. The rest even less.

Jesus gave Peter the keys to the gates of Heaven.
Jesus declared Peter to the the rock.
Jesus made Peter shepherd.
Jesus told Peter to strengthen his brothers
Jesus paid the Temple tax only for Himself and Peter .
Jesus preached from Peter 's boat.
Jesus told Peter to “Follow me”
Jesus called only Peter to Him across the water.
Jesus predicted Peter 's three-fold denial.
Jesus predicted Peter 's repentance and three-fold affirmation.
Jesus prophesied only Peter 's death.
Jesus taught Peter forgiveness 70 times 7 times.
Jesus spoke only to Peter at Gethsemane.
Peter is always listed first.
Peter was first to confess Jesus as Messiah.
Peter alone spoke at the Transfiguration.
Peter pointed out the withered fig tree.
Peter entered the tomb first - John deferring to him.
Peter decided the manner of replacing Judas.
Peter spoke for the eleven at the Pentecost.
Peter was released from prison by the Angel.
Peter spoke for the eleven before the Council.
Peter held sin bound to Ananias and Saphira.
Peter 's shadow healed.
Peter declared the sin of Simony.
Peter explained the salvation of the Gentiles to the Church at Jerusalem.
The Angel told Cornelius to call for Peter .
The Holy Spirit fell upon the Gentiles as Peter preached to them.
At the empty tomb, the Angel said, “Go tell His disciples, and Peter .”
Mary Magdalene ran to tell Peter and the beloved disciple.
The vision of all foods being clean was given only to Peter .
Peter 's words silence the first council in Jerusalem.
Paul went to Peter to affirm that his Gospel was not in vain.
And on and on and on.

So, one can deny that Peter was primary, but it takes an amazing disregard of scripture and history to do so."
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And they do it very well! Because they are taught to read the Scriptures with Protestant lenses so they either don’t read the Scriptures so they don’t encounter this, or, if they do, they don’t make the connections because they’ve been taught other.

Honestly, too, most don’t have the historical background either.
 
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I know…& I used to be one of them…but I love them too much to not want them to keep pickin’ those cherries. So…I try to get them to think. God’ll work on them otherwise, but maybe I’ll plant a seed.
 
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Bless them for the good they do! Yet, if they only knew - truly knew - what they were missing.
 
They are on fire for the Lord! And are flamethrowers for anyone not agreeing with them! 😂 But I grew up with that! Had a whole lot of that fire & brimstone to last a lifetime at home as a kid!
 
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Problem is that most seem to understand the flame of the Holy Ghost at Pentecost must not be quenched & so the fire goes on…
 
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