richmahn_en_tn/mat/16/17.md

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  • Jesus responds to Peter's acknowledgment that Jesus is the Son of God.
  • Simon Bar Jonah - "Simon, son of Jonah"
  • flesh and blood have not revealed this to you - "no human being has revealed this to you" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • the gates of Hades will not prevail against it - Possible meanings: 1) "the powers of death will not overcome it" (see UDB) or 2) it will break down the power of death the way an army breaks into a city. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)