[Havoc]

Show me where in Matthew 16 that it states Jesus is changing Peter's name. It is a different place, different time and there is no mention of changing his name. He is called Simon Peter in verse 16. John establishes when Simon's name was changed and it was at the get go - not later on. You may have been taught that; but, it wouldn't be the only time you guys have been taught something that can be demonstrated so readily to be wrong.

[Petronski]

He is called Simon Peter in verse 16.

Yes, by the narrator (Matthew), to make clear whom he means. In verse 17, Jesus Himself refers to Simon Peter as "Simon bar-Jonah", and then in verse 18, Jesus proclaims that he [Simon bar-Jonah] is Peter. If you cannot understand that Jesus means 'thenceforth,' nothing I can do can help you, for you do not have the necessary skills to understand context, and I am not qualified to teach remedial reading.