On his return to Capernaum the collectors of the temple tax a didrachma, half a sacred shekel , which every Israelite of twenty years old and upwards had to pay Ex. Our Lord instructed Peter to go and catch a fish in the lake and take from its mouth the exact amount needed for the tax, viz. There he was forewarned of the fearful sin into which he afterwards fell He accompanied our Lord from the guest-chamber to the garden of Gethsemane Luke , which he and the other two who had been witnesses of the transfiguration were permitted to enter with our Lord, while the rest were left without.
Here he passed through a strange experience. Under a sudden impulse he cut off the ear of Malchus , one of the band that had come forth to take Jesus. Then follow the scenes of the judgment-hall and his bitter grief He is found in John's company early on the morning of the resurrection.
He boldly entered into the empty grave John , and saw the "linen clothes laid by themselves" Luke To him, the first of the apostles, our risen Lord revealed himself, thus conferring on him a signal honour, and showing how fully he was restored to his favour Luke ; 1 Cor. We next read of our Lord's singular interview with Peter on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where he thrice asked him, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? See LOVE. After this scene at the lake we hear nothing of Peter till he again appears with the others at the ascension Acts It was he who proposed that the vacancy caused by the apostasy of Judas should be filled up.
He is prominent on the day of Pentecost The events of that day "completed the change in Peter himself which the painful discipline of his fall and all the lengthened process of previous training had been slowly making. He is now no more the unreliable, changeful, self-confident man, ever swaying between rash courage and weak timidity, but the stead-fast, trusted guide and director of the fellowship of believers, the intrepid preacher of Christ in Jerusalem and abroad.
And now that he is become Cephas indeed, we hear almost nothing of the name Simon only in Acts , 32; , and he is known to us finally as Peter. He boldly defended himself and his companions at the bar of the council , A fresh outburst of violence against the Christians led to the whole body of the apostles being cast into prison; but during the night they were wonderfully delivered, and were found in the morning teaching in the temple.
A second time Peter defended them before the council Acts , who, "when they had called the apostles and beaten them, let them go.
After labouring for some time in Samaria, he returned to Jerusalem, and reported to the church there the results of his work Acts Here he remained for a period, during which he met Paul for the first time since his conversion ; Gal. Leaving Jerusalem again, he went forth on a missionary journey to Lydda and Joppa Acts He is next called on to open the door of the Christian church to the Gentiles by the admission of Cornelius of Caesarea ch.
After remaining for some time at Caesarea, he returned to Jerusalem Acts , where he defended his conduct with reference to the Gentiles. Next we hear of his being cast into prison by Herod Agrippa ; but in the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison gates, and he went forth and found refuge in the house of Mary.
He took part in the deliberations of the council in Jerusalem Acts ; Gal. This subject had awakened new interest at Antioch, and for its settlement was referred to the council of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. Here Paul and Peter met again. We have no further mention of Peter in the Acts of the Apostles. He seems to have gone down to Antioch after the council at Jerusalem, and there to have been guilty of dissembling, for which he was severely reprimanded by Paul Gal.
There is no satisfactory evidence that he was ever at Rome. Where or when he died is not certainly known. Probably he died between A. A fisherman, Matt. Call of, Matt. His wife's mother healed, Matt. An apostle, Matt. An evangelist, Mark , Confesses Jesus as Christ, Matt. His presumption in rebuking Jesus, Matt. Present at the healing of Jairus's daughter, Mark ; Luke ; at the transfiguration, Matt. Seeks the interpretation of the parable of the steward, Luke ; of the law of forgiveness, Matt.
Walks upon the water of the sea of Galilee, Matt. Sent with John to prepare the Passover, Luke Calls attention to the withered fig tree, Mark His denial foretold by Jesus, and his profession of fidelity, Matt. Cuts off the ear of Malchus, Matt. Follows Jesus to the high priest's palace, Matt. His denial of Jesus, and his repentance, Matt.
Visits the sepulcher, Luke ; John Jesus sends message to, after the resurrection, Mark Jesus appears to, Luke ; 1 Cor. Present at the Sea of Tiberias when Jesus appeared to his disciples; leaps into the sea, and comes to land when Jesus is recognized, is commissioned to feed the flock of Christ, John Abides in Jerusalem, Acts His statement before the disciples concerning the death of Judas, and his recommendation that the vacancy in the apostleship be filled, Acts Preaches at Pentecost, Acts Heals one crippled in the portico of the temple, Acts 3.
Accused by the council; his defense, Acts Improve this question. Zenon 1, 3 3 gold badges 13 13 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. Benny Benny 1, 2 2 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges. A good question, and an important one.
Was Peter in the confrontation the same as the man Paul habitually addressed as Cephas, or Kephas — Waeshael. Add a comment.
Active Oldest Votes. Peter means "stone" in Greek, while Cephas is "stone" in Aramaic. Improve this answer. Brian Koser Brian Koser 1, 3 3 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges. I've always been taught that in Matthew " Peter, and upon this rock Have others been taught this?
Mirror They are slightly different, Petros masculine and petra feminine for the man and that whereupon the Church is built respectively. But that's due to peculiarities of Greek grammar, and any attempt to say "Peter was't the rock" is very difficult to maintain. John He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Then later, Jesus reveals the reason behind the name change: Matthew Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. In saying what He does the way He does He harkens back to a passage in Isaiah where the same language is used of Eliakim: Isaiah And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Helcias, and I will clothe him with thy robe, and will strengthen him with thy girdle, and will give thy power into his hand: and he shall be as a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Juda.
Paul cleared up any disputes he had with St. Peter as we see in Acts Sola Gratia Sola Gratia 7, 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. Just my 2 cents anyway. Ray Ray 81 1 1 bronze badge. I could be wrong and can't wait to find out from the man himself. Hope this helps. Christ responds to Peter's emphatic thou with another, equally emphatic.
Peter says, "Thou art the Christ. The name was bestowed on Simon at his first interview with Jesus John i. In this passage attention is called, not to the giving of the name, but to its meaning. In classical Greek the word means a piece of rock, as in Homer, of Ajax throwing a stone at Hector "Iliad," vii. Tess Tess 19 1 1 bronze badge. Welcome to C. This is good I like the sourcing. When you get the chance, please check out our tour and specifically How we are different than other sites.
Angel S. On this site, we're not looking for personal interpretation, but rather focusing on what various Christian groups teach. See How we are different than other sites? Name changes probably do accompany character or role changes, but in this case Peter and Cephas mean the same thing: rock.
So why does Paul use the Aramaic version in some of his letters? Alan Hawkes Alan Hawkes 1. Welcome to Christianity. We're generally looking for a little more than this in answers. I see how this is related, but it doesn't really resolve the question. Would you consider edit ing to expand this to fully address the original question? In the time he was in our ministry everyone called him Trunks. He asked his teachers to call him Trunks; even now if you search for his Facebook page he goes by Trunks.
When it was time for him to graduate we asked some of our seniors to share in church what they had learned over the last few years. Trunks shared with everyone the origin of his nickname. Everyone appropriately giggled. Then he shared something that has stayed with me for a long time. He said that when he was given the nickname he felt it was the first time someone had included him. Not only had this volunteer helped him through an embarrassing situation, he helped him name it and own it for himself until it literally became his name.
As silly as the nickname was, it came to represent for him a place of belonging. What are the names that you live into? There are names that others give us, and there are names we give ourselves. Names like protector, survivor, provider, teacher, mentor. We may not have had much say in what our parents chose to name us, but we do have a say in what we name ourselves or allow others to name us. What name are you living into today? What names do you need to let go of?
What names have you given others? May we all embrace our true identity in Christ knowing that we were called by name for His purpose. She was going to name me Mary Chris Smith.
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