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

And when Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards Him, He saith concerning him, "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile."

But Jesus did not trust Himself to them;

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

I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen: but have done it that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me.

Called

I mean, that each of you saith, as if of different parties, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or future, all are yours;

we not power to lead about with us a sister a wife as well as other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve:

and knowing the grace which was given to me; James, and Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars of the church, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcision.

A stone

Simon Peter and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together:

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew;

And I also say unto thee, as thou art called Peter, so upon this rock, which thou hast confessed, will I build my church, and the gates of death shall not prevail against it.

even Simon, whom He surnamed Peter,

he fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Lord, depart from me, for I am a sinful man;

(to wit, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

General references

and when they had seen it, they divulged what had been told them concerning this child: