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 of him, "Here is a genuine Israelite with no deceit in him!"

But He would not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men

Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select you as the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

I do not mean all of you. I know whom I have chosen, but I know that the Scriptures must be fulfilled: 'The man who is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

Called

I mean this, that one of you says, "I belong to Paul's party," another, "And I belong to Apollos' party," another, "And I belong to Cephas' party," another, "And I belong to Christ's party."

(46:21) Paul, Apollos, Cephas, the world, life, death, the present, the future -- they all belong to you.

It cannot be that we have no right to take a Christian wife about with us, can it, as well as the rest of the apostles and the Lord's brothers, and Cephas?

and that He was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

and because they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, the so-called pillar apostles, gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, with the understanding that we should go to the heathen and they to the Jews.

A stone

Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of Jesus, were all together.

Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.

The Twelve whom He appointed were: Peter, the name which He gave to Simon,

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' feet and said, "Leave me, Lord, because I am a sinful man."

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

General references

When they saw this, they informed them of the story that had been told about this child.