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Jesus gave Simon (Peter) the name of Cephas. What meaning did he attach to the word Cephas?
"Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone" (John i, 42).
"Thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter)" (ibid., New Ver.).
Here Jesus is represented as interpreting the meaning of an Aramaic word, with which his hearers were familiar, by the use of a Greek word of whose meaning they were ignorant, the incongruity of which must be apparent to every reader.
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For the connection to the 4th son of Noah born after the flood who's name was Cephus and spelled Seafas in the Scandinavian history called the Edda look up the question on Answers.com under another question worded who was the man who rescued Cephus daughter. Who ever entered that question meant the Greek Cepheus and was missing an e in the name but there is an amazing connection just the same between the two. Jesus did not just mean stone or rock when he gave Simon/Peter that name and that site goes into how and why.
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In the Bible who is Simon Peter's earthly father?
John 1:42 - And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is translated, A Stone). [NKJV]JOHN 1:42 - He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter). (NASB)
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Galatians 2:9 - and when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.[NKJV]
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