[Mike Fieschko]

Regarding Mt. 16:18, the Amplified Bible says: "I tell you that you are Peter [Petros, masculine, a large piece of rock], and on this rock [petra, feminine, a huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build My church. . . ." Peter is "a large piece of rock," but the church is built on petra which means "a huge rock like Gibraltar"! Peter is also masculine gender and not feminine gender as petra is.

You're agreeing with me.

Our Lord said Simon Bar-Jonah was 'Rock' (giving Simon a new name), not 'Lady Rock' or 'Miss Rock'. The distinction between 'petros' and 'petra' doesn't exist in the Aramaic: the same word is used in both instances.

You're using the accident of a foreign language translation (Aramaic to Greek), and the limits of that new language, to interpret Our Lord's words.

[joathome]

And you are making assumptions as to what Christ said in Aramaic. You could NEVER win a high school debate with that one.