John 1:42

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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

A stone

General references

Luke 2:17

Bible References

Thou art

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, See an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile.

but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,

He answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve? and of you one is a devil.

I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.

Called

I mean this; that each one of you says I indeed am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours,

Have we not a right to lead about a sister, a wife, as also the other apostles; and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

A stone

Simon Peter, and Thomas called the Twin, and Nathaniel who was from Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

And the names of the twelve apostles are these; First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

And I tell you that you are Peter [a rock], and upon this rock will I build my assembly, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.

And he gave to Simon the name of Peter. [He appointed him],

And Simon Peter seeing it fell on his knees to Jesus, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

General references

And when they saw it they related the word spoken to them concerning this child;