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.

Efesus 2:20

2:20 because you have been built ²  on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, ³  with Christ Jesus himself as ⁴  the cornerstone. ⁵ 

Wahyu 21:14

21:14 The ⁶  wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

[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.

[2:20]  ² tn Grk “having been built.”

[2:20]  ³ sn Apostles and prophets. Because the prophets appear after the mention of the apostles and because they are linked together in 3:5 as recipients of revelation about the church, they are to be regarded not as Old Testament prophets, but as New Testament prophets.

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “while Christ Jesus himself is” or “Christ Jesus himself being.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “capstone” (NAB). The meaning of ἀκρογωνιαῖος (akrogwniaio") is greatly debated. The meaning “capstone” is proposed by J. Jeremias (TDNT 1:792), but the most important text for this meaning (T. Sol. 22:7-23:4) is late and possibly not even an appropriate parallel. The only place ἀκρογωνιαῖος is used in the LXX is Isa 28:16, and there it clearly refers to a cornerstone that is part of a foundation. Furthermore, the imagery in this context has the building growing off the cornerstone upward, whereas if Christ were the capstone, he would not assume his position until the building was finished, which vv. 21-22 argue against.

[21:14]  ⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.