I don’t really see why there is so much fuss about it
just one short scripture says what we need to know.
John 1:42 Jesus tells Simon that he will be called Cephas
Jesus is speaking in Aramaic or Hebrew because that is what
Cephas is, the scripture was wrote in Greek but cephas was left as Jesus said it which is obvious.
So it makes no difference what it means in greek, it is the
Language Jesus spoke it in is what matters and according to
the Bible dictionary it means rock, not peble , not little
rock arkansaw not big rock, just rock.
I truly believe it would not even be contested if every one would just forget the religious nonsense and worship God in spirit and in truth.
See Post #553. Since “Petros/Peter” is never “rock” in the Bible, only “stone,” and since “Petros” is never “Petra” which is always “rock”, and since the inerrant infallible inspired Holy Spirit interprets Cephas as Petros/Peter, Cephas which is the same as Petros is thus not rock in that context; it is only stone. Like it or not. This is Spirit, and it is truth. Q. E. D. Not my opinion. God’s. Strong was misled, and so are others who follow his definition in that particular detail.