ArchivedCalling all Catholics!Aieno Wrote: I will re-post the following; Mark 3:16; John 1:42 - Simon is renamed "Kepha" in Aramaic by Jesus which literally means "rock." This was an extraordinary thing for Jesus to do, because "rock" was not even a name in Jesus' time. Jesus did this, not to give Simon a strange name, but to identify his new status among the apostles. When God changes a person's name, he changes their status. Matt. 16:18 - Jesus said in Aramaic, you are "Kepha" and on this "Kepha" I will build my Church. In Aramaic, "kepha" means a massive stone, and "evna" means little pebble. Some non-Catholics argue that, because the Greek word for rock is "petra", that "Petros" actually means "a small rock", and therefore Jesus was attempting to diminish Peter right after blessing him by calling him a small rock. Not only is this nonsensical in the context of Jesus' blessing of Peter, Jesus was speaking Aramaic and used "Kepha, " not "evna." Using Petros to translate Kepha was done simply to reflect the masculine noun of Peter. Moreover, if the translator wanted to identify Peter as the "small rock," he would have used "lithos" which means a little pebble in Greek. Finally, Petros and petra were synonyms at the time the Gospel was written, so any attempt to distinguish the two words is inconsequential. Thus, Jesus called Peter the massive rock, not the little pebble, on which He would build the Church. If you read my post you would have seen that not only did Peter raise the dead, he was the first to do so after Christ. Acts 9:40. Peter is the first to raise the dead after Jesus. Acts 3:6 ff. Peter also works the first miracle after Pentecost. Jesus appeared to his mother Mary first. But we are not talking about Mary and Peter, we are talking about Peter compared to the other apostles. Go back a few posts and you will see that I did comment on the Jewish idiom of binding and loosing. Peter more or less does everything before any other apostle, why do you think that is? why is it Peter has that special role? Sorry Aieno, but I have to leave you with this for now as it is 4:05am and I think its time for bed. :roll: Peace |
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