No it doesn't. "Petra" (feminine) is rock. "Petros" is a masculine form of the same word, which only exists as a proper noun. "Stone" would be "lithos", used by Peter is his epistle referring to the other believers (1 Peter 2:5).
Sorry. I got them backwards. Trying to remember Greek isn't always easy :)
Petra- ) a rock, cliff or ledge
a) a projecting rock, crag, rocky ground
b) a rock, a large stone
c) metaph. a man like a rock, by reason of his firmness and strength of soul
Petros- "a rock or a stone
If Jesus were referring to Peter as the rock on which he would build His church, why not say "You are Peter, and YOU are the one I will build my church upon?" He was speaking directly to Peter. Grammatically, it doesn't make sense to say that the two are the same. Now, if Jesus is making a play on words, which I certainly believe that He was, then He was congratulating Peter on his acknowledgement of the truth and saying - that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God - He will build His church.
"Thou are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church."
Simon was his name. Jesus told Simon that Satan wanted to sift him. He was protected, however. His bold statement of faith ties so well to his words that are among my favorites in all the Bible: "Where else would we go. You alone have the Word of Life."
The truth is that the book of Acts is really divided into 2 parts. The first part is Peter, and the 2nd is Paul.
Peter truly was the one on whose shoulders the Church was built. All a man has to do is read the Book of Acts to see that. He was tremendously used of the Lord in the establishment of the Church. After Paul's capture (death), we're told that Peter took the reins in the spreading of the word to the Gentiles; a mission he had allowed Paul to advance, though it was also his calling. We're told by some decent historical references that Peter first led the Church at Antioch, and that then he went to Rome and died there. There seems to be no dispute of that fact.
But the Church was up and running.
It was as Christ has said. He had built His Church on the foundation that was this man.
How far should we go with the realization that Christ had built His Church upon the shoulders of Peter? Peter at Jerusalem, Peter at Antioch, and Peter at Rome are all places where Peter's presence in establishing the foundation of the Christian Church is just a matter of record.
Peter accomplished his mission. Christ built His Church on that Rock just as He said He would. And that's the extent of what Christ said He would do.
"Thou are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church."
Simon was his name. Jesus told Simon that Satan wanted to sift him. He was protected, however. His bold statement of faith ties so well to his words that are among my favorites in all the Bible: "Where else would we go. You alone have the Word of Life."
The truth is that the book of Acts is really divided into 2 parts. The first part is Peter, and the 2nd is Paul.
Peter truly was the one on whose shoulders the Church was built. All a man has to do is read the Book of Acts to see that. He was tremendously used of the Lord in the establishment of the Church. After Paul's capture (death), we're told that Peter took the reins in the spreading of the word to the Gentiles; a mission he had allowed Paul to advance, though it was also his calling. We're told by some decent historical references that Peter first led the Church at Antioch, and that then he went to Rome and died there. There seems to be no dispute of that fact.
But the Church was up and running.
It was as Christ has said. He had built His Church on the foundation that was this man.
How far should we go with the realization that Christ had built His Church upon the shoulders of Peter? Peter at Jerusalem, Peter at Antioch, and Peter at Rome are all places where Peter's presence in establishing the foundation of the Christian Church is just a matter of record.
Peter accomplished his mission. Christ built His Church on that Rock just as He said He would. And that's the extent of what Christ said He would do.