(16) Simon Peter answered and said: "Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God". (17) And Jesus answering, said to him : "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona : because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. (18) And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
- Matthew 16 verses 16 thru 18
Christ Himself gave the name Rock (Matt 16:17 above) to Simon Bar-Jona who the Father chose to head His Church until Christ returns. That's clearly stated in the above verses as anyone who is open to the Holy Spirit rather than only to their own Most High and Holy Self can see.
If you can't accept what Jesus Christ Himself clearly said, so be it.
Your selective use of a few verses to TRY to prove your point is noted.
THESE verses CLEARLY show that Simon was known as PETER way BEFORE the verses you posted.
Is Peter the 'rock'?
As you can see, Simon was already known as 'Peter'
BEFORE the following verses came along.....
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What MUST we do...
Joh 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
e-Sword: KJV
That is, a building stone... look it up. Next.