John 1:42

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

Thou art

Called

Galatians 2:9

A stone

General references

Luke 2:17

Bible References

Thou art

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said about him, "Look, a genuine Israeli, in whom there is no deceit!"

Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people

Jesus answered them, "I chose you, the Twelve, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil."

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: "The one who ate bread with me has turned against me.'

Called

This is what I mean: Each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to the Messiah."

whether Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, or the future everything belongs to you,

We have the right to take a believing wife with us like the other apostles, the Lord's brothers, and Cephas, don't we?

and he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

A stone

Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two of his other disciples were together.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.

He appointed the Twelve: Simon (whom he named Peter),

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees and said, "Leave me, Lord! I am a sinful man!" -

Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

General references

When they saw this, they repeated what they had been told about this child.