it makes the naming of Peter so much more significant.
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Uhhhh, no, it pulls the rugh out from under it.
The pebble has no suitable comparable standing with any shred of merit to warrant any greater keys to The Kingdom than anyone else with the sort of Faith Holy Spirit infects all believers with.
A leveling statement and interpretation is not a foundation for lofting one Apostle above all others.
Kind of like saying that equal voting rights are the justification for only a black male Pentecostal between the ages of 35 and 45 from Arizona has a right to be President.
I read your post three times and still don't understand why do you think so. What, in particular, do you find "leveling" in the renaming of Simon episode?