About a year before his death, he told one apostle: “You are Peter, and on this rock - mass I will build my congregation, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. ”
إِنَّهُمْ جُزْءٌ مِنْ « نَسْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ » ،‏ إِخْوَةُ ٱلْمَسِيحِ ٱلْمَمْسُوحُونَ بِٱلرُّوحِ ،‏ « مَنْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ ٱلدَّعْوَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّةِ » .‏