'You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church.'" The building was saved, and - with the help of families like the Mayernicks, the Pankos, and Mekoshes - the church kept watching over Centralia.
Jesus said to his disciple Peter, "Upon this rock I will build my church".
Instead, the title recalls the verse from Matthew: "Upon this rock I will build my church".
Jesus, we are reminded, said to Peter, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church".
I don't think that's what Christ had in mind when he said, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church".
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.
Petrus means rock, and invokes an exchange in the Bible between Jesus and Peter ("thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church…"); Santorum told reporters that he picked it because it was his grandfather Pietro's name in Latin and also because of the rock thing.
Jesus told his disciples, "Upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". (Matthew 16:18) Jesus knew that every time the kingdom of God is advanced, hell has to retreat.
When Ultron first glimpses the vibranium - a metal notorious in the Marvel universe for its durability - offered to him, he asserts, "Upon this rock, I will build my church".
A kind of leadership was accorded to Peter no longer are you called "Simon" but Peter (petros) upon this rock (pebble) I will build my church.
