[Jvette]

Kephas means rock in Aramaic.

Petros/Peter are the BEST Greek and Latin translations.

Even if one goes strictly with the Greek, Petros does not mean a single pebble, but a mound of pebbles which are solidified into one large rock. This makes sense when one considers that we are all living stones in the Kingdom of God. Peter was The Pebble, the rock that is all the other pebbles collectively, i.e. The Church.

However, it has been explained ad nauseum that there was no proper Greek translation for the name which Jesus gave to Simon in the Aramaic, Petros being the masculine form of petras which does in fact mean rock.

I live with the fact that Jesus said to Simon, I say to you that you are Kephas AND upon this rock I will build my church. He did not say, you are Kephas BUT upon this rock I will build my church.

It seems to be protestants who cannot live with it.

[Elsie]

I live with the fact that Jesus said to Simon, I say to you that you are Kephas AND upon this rock I will build my church.

Why do you insist on ignoring what THIS is?

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Matthew 16:13-18

 

 

   When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"   They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."   "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"  Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ,  the Son of the living God."   Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.   And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades  will not overcome it.    I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be  bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

 

 

 

 

[editor-surveyor]

Its kefa in the Hebrew original, which is well translated to the Greek petros, both of which mean pebble.
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