As Greek declined in the Mediterranean world and Latin

became the common tongue, the first translations of the Bible

were in the Latin language. Hence, it is natural for us to consider

also the way in which this critical passage was translated into

Latin by Jerome (Rome, 383/384).

 

 et    ego   dico   tibi         quia          tu      es    Petrus     et

 and    I     say  to you   because    you    are     Peter    and

 

 super     hanc     petram     aedificabo      ecclesiam     meam

 upon      this         rock       I will build        church            my