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Who is Cephas in The Bible?

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Jesus gave Simon (Peter) the name of Cephas. What meaning did he attach to the word Cephas?

"Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone" (John i, 42).

"Thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter)" (ibid., New Ver.).

Here Jesus is represented as interpreting the meaning of an Aramaic word, with which his hearers were familiar, by the use of a Greek word of whose meaning they were ignorant, the incongruity of which must be apparent to every reader.

see link " The Ministry of Christ" for full text

For the connection to the 4th son of Noah born after the flood who's name was Cephus and spelled Seafas in the Scandinavian history called the Edda look up the question on Answers.com under another question worded who was the man who rescued Cephus daughter. Who ever entered that question meant the Greek Cepheus and was missing an e in the name but there is an amazing connection just the same between the two. Jesus did not just mean stone or rock when he gave Simon/Peter that name and that site goes into how and why.

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