Peter is the ROCK of the church because Jesus said so.
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
"I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE ROCK AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT OVERCOME IT"
Jesus renamed Simon.
"Peter" (Aramaic: Cephas or Greek: Petros) means literally means "rock" in Koine Greek, the language which the New Testament was written. It was not a regular name at the time, but Jesus made it so by changing Simon's name to Peter. The Greek words petrosand petra where masculine and feminine forms of the same word in Koine Greek. In Attic Greek they were two different words but that was not the language of the New Testament.
Jesus is the ROCK of salvation.
Peter is the ROCK of the church because Jesus said so.
"I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE ROCK AND ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT OVERCOME IT"
Jesus renamed Simon.
"Peter" (Aramaic: Cephas or Greek: Petros) means literally means "rock" in Koine Greek, the language which the New Testament was written. It was not a regular name at the time, but Jesus made it so by changing Simon's name to Peter. The Greek words petrosand petra where masculine and feminine forms of the same word in Koine Greek. In Attic Greek they were two different words but that was not the language of the New Testament.