That does not help your argument. Jesus' Hebrew name is Yeshua and there are many others with that name in the scriptures. So the big question is... Are you saying that Peter is the rock of your salvation?
No one is saying that. Read the Protestant scholarly quotes again. Jesus gave Peter a new name. Peter=rock.
Mark 3:16; John 1:42 – Jesus renames Simon “Kepha” in Aramaic 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. John 1:42 is enough to settle the matter, but apparently it is not for some people.
Gen. 17:5; 32:28; 2 Kings 23:34; Acts 9:4; 13:9 – for example, in these verses, we see that God changes the following people’s names and, as a result, they become special agents of God: Abram to Abraham; Jacob to Israel, Eliakim to Jehoiakim, Saul to Paul.
You are funny... Jesus is referring to the revelation from the Father that he Jesus is his son. That is why he said 'you are Peter'. You have to remember the original question to get the context. "Whom do men say that I am?" Peter answered correctly, and Jesus proved it by saying You are Peter... and it is based on that revelation Jesus builds his church... and the keys of heaven are given to those who believe Jesus is the son of God like Peter.
You are funny... Jesus is referring to the revelation from the Father that he Jesus is his son. That is why he said 'you are ROCK'. You have to remember the original question to get the context. "Whom do men say that I am?" Peter answered correctly, and Jesus proved it by saying You are ROCK... and it is based on that revelation Jesus builds his church...
and the keys of heaven are given to those who believe Jesus is the son of God like Peter.
The keys are not given to each individual believer. Keys represent authority. Imagine going to a pro baseball game, and suddenly all the players are umpires. Chaos would surely follow.
Sorry if you took it that way, but my intention was not to imply that. My intention was to show that Jesus is our rock and not Peter... If Peter is your rock, then Peter should have died for you.
A non-sequitur fallacy. Again, Peter means ROCK. You contradict a long list of scholars from a variety of Protestant sources. Maybe you should write your own Bible study manual and see how far you get.
That is what cherrypicking is... picking verses and using them out of context. (the name Peter means little rock)
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. "lithos" is not used.
Yes, it is what you did...
They like you all, ignore the original question... Whom do men say that I am? Jesus did not build his church on Peter. Jesus builds his church on the faith of men who believe he is the son of God...
We agree that Jesus builds the Church. It's BOTH/AND (Hebraic approach to Scripture) not EITHER/OR. (false dichotomous thinking)
To argue that Jesus first blesses Peter for having received divine revelation from the Father, then diminishes him by calling him a small pebble, and then builds him up again by giving him the keys to the kingdom of heaven
is entirely illogical, and a gross manipulation of the text to avoid the truth of Peter’s leadership in the Church. This is a three-fold blessing of Peter – you are blessed, you are the rock on which I will build my Church, and you will receive the keys to the kingdom of heaven (not you are blessed for receiving Revelation, but you are still an insignificant little pebble, and yet I am going to give you the keys to the kingdom DUH).
Matt. 16:18-19 – to further rebut SofG's argument that Jesus was speaking about Peter’s confession of faith (not Peter himself) based on the revelation he received, the verses are clear that Jesus, after acknowledging Peter’s receipt of divine revelation, turns the whole discourse to the person of Peter: Blessed are
“you” Simon, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to
“you,” and I tell
“you,” “you” are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church. I will give
“you” the keys to the kingdom, and whatever
“you” bind and loose on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven.
Jesus’ whole discourse relates to the person of Peter, not his confession of faith.
Luke 22:31-32 – Jesus also prays that Peter’s faith may not fail and charges Peter to be the one to strengthen the other apostles – “Simon, satan demanded to have
you (plural, referring to all the apostles) to sift
you (plural) like wheat, but I prayed for
you (singular) that
your (
singular) faith may not fail, and when
you (
singular) have turned again, strengthen your brethren. Did God the Father ignore Jesus' prayer???
Acts 1,2,3,4,5,8,15 – no one questions Peter’s authority to speak for the Church, declare anathemas, and resolve doctrinal debates. Peter is the rock on which the Church is built who feeds Jesus’ sheep and whose faith will not fail.
Aramaic Bible
70 verses indicating Peter's role of leadership for the universal Church and chief of the Apostles