[Al Hitan]

God called several people by different names.

I can think of one He should call obfuscator. Was Peter named Rock by Jesus?

[CynicalBear]

>>Was Peter named Rock by Jesus?<<

Not keeping up with the thread? Jesus called him Peter then during the same exchange called him Satan.

[smvoice]

Matt. 16:18 is well known and argued around here. Peter was named Petros in the Greek: a fragment of a rock.

Compare that to John 1:42: "Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A STONE."

Back to Matt. 16:18. "And upon this rock (Petra)..." An immovable stone.

So if Peter's name means in Greek a fragment of a rock, and in Aramaic a stone, then we can get a pretty good idea how big this rock/stone was. Pretty sure it wasn't "immovable". But Christ, the Rock IS immovable.