Quotes About Gates of Hades

Jesus turned sober. "Peter, get James and John. We are going up Mount Hermon." Simon gulped. Whatever had happened inside that cave, the incident at the Gates of Hades was a breach of the walls. But how could four unarmed commoners make an assault on the stronghold of evil itself?

The truth is implicit in the statement that the gates of Hades shall not prevail against the church (Mt. 16:18). This image of the gates of the realm of the dead is a familiar Semitic concept.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.