Jesus always used the word ASSEMBY, not Church.
Matthew 16:18 (YLT)
18 `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock
I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;
So did the Apostles:
Acts 14:23 (YLT)
23 and having appointed to them by vote elders in every
assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
1 Corinthians 1:2 (YLT)
2 to
the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place--both theirs and ours:
2 Thessalonians 1:1 (YLT)
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to
the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
James 5:14 (YLT)
14 is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of
the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord,
3 John 1:6 (YLT)
6 who did testify of thy love before an
assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,
Revelation 2:1 (YLT)
1 `To the messenger of the Ephesian
assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden:
That word was CHANGED to Church long before the English Bible came into existance.
QUOTE:
Greek NASB Number: 1577:
Greek Word: ἐκκλησία
Transliterated Word: ekklêsia
Root: from
1537 and
2564;
Definition: an assembly
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a (religious) congregation:--
List of English Words and Number of Times Used
assembly (3),
church (74),
churches (35),
congregation (2).
New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
END QUOTE.
Note 74 and 35 times it was changed to Church or Churches, when originally it was ASSEMBLY.