Discovery BoxMatthew 16:18 
Context16:18 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.
Matthew 23:29
Context23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law 2 and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You 3 build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves 4 of the righteous.
1 tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).
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 tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
3 tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.
4 tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).
