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To: r9etb
"And both Cephas and Peter mean, of course, "rock," in Aramaic and Greek, respectively. What about this rock, then?

Small problem...the gender of Peter is masculine and the gender of the "rock" upon which Jesus will build His church is feminine. He is referring to something other than Peter.

41 posted on 01/05/2010 10:31:25 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88
Small problem...the gender of Peter is masculine and the gender of the "rock" upon which Jesus will build His church is feminine. He is referring to something other than Peter.

So if the church is built on Christ, Christ must have been a girl..... mmmmkay..... Either that, or the church was built on the foundation of an actual girl.... Mary, perhaps....

It would seem that your argument is built on sand rather than rock.

43 posted on 01/05/2010 10:39:01 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Dutchboy88
...the gender of Peter is masculine and the gender of the "rock" upon which Jesus will build His church is feminine.

Not in the Aramaic that Christ was speaking at that moment.

62 posted on 01/05/2010 12:44:06 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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