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. ”
(‏ متّیٰ ۱۶ :‏ ۱۸‏ ،‏ د ج ‏ )‏ هم پِطْرُس و هم پولُس پی بردند که منظور از « صخره » خود عیسی است .‏