{"id":2338,"date":"2024-05-24T18:54:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/church-mentioned-bible\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:56:35","slug":"church-mentioned-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/church-mentioned-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoe vaak komt \u201cKerk\u201d voor in de Bijbel? 77 keer in de KJV, allemaal in het Nieuwe Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The KJV says &quot;church&quot; 77 times. Add &quot;churches,&quot; 37 more, and there are 114, every one in the New Testament. The first is Jesus speaking to Peter: &quot;upon this rock I will build my church&quot; (Matthew 16:18). Behind nearly all of them stands one Greek word, ekklesia, an assembly. An assembly is people, gathered. In ordinary Greek the word meant citizens called out of their homes into one public place, and the first Christians took it for themselves. So when\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Church&quot; appears 77 times in the KJV and &quot;churches&quot; 37, all in the New Testament. The first is Matthew 16:18. The Greek word is ekklesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-metrics"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114354,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/how-many-books-are-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":0},"title":"How many books are in the Bible?","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"november 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A Protestant Bible has 66 books, a Catholic Bible 73, the Hebrew Bible 24 and the Ethiopian Bible 81. 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