I did not ignore that verse, we are discussing Peter, the fact that his name was changed to rock and what that means.
Now the passage is obscure? I thought all Scripture was self interpretive. Why, as a Christian can’t I just read it and instantly understand it?
No one says that Peter was the only Apostle that received the binding and loosing as we see in the Gospel of John, when Jesus appeared in the upper room, He says a similar thing when He tells those there, “Whatever you forgive will be forgiven, and whatever you do not forgive, will not be forgiven.”
It is however, only to Peter that He gives the keys of the kingdom. And it is only to Peter that God revealed the truth of who Jesus is.
It is and it is...
I thought all Scripture was self interpretive. Why, as a Christian can’t I just read it and instantly understand it?
If you would just read it, you'd know the answer to that...