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The New Testament was written in Greek, and that is why the distinction between pebble or small rock, and the rock or boulder of the statement Peter made, which was as Jesus said, "revealed to you from my Father who is in heaven."
Notice that a few verses later, Jesus calls Peter Satan. "22 Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”
23 But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
And Jesus spoke in Aramaic, and Greek is an inflected language hence the change in gendered words. Don't dodge the early Church Fathers, Ambrose is only 330 years separated from Christ.
Ambrose, Cyprian, Augustine (~200-300 years away) > rickynotricky (2000 years away)
Jesus spoke in Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew. The New Testament was written in Greek. Men wrote down the Bible as they were led by the Holy Spirit. What we have for the NT is what was delivered in the Greek. Why did God use Greek? Because it is the most specific language available. Martin Luther also went against the church and its traditions in favor or sola scriptura.
Augustine, Cyprian, Ambrose, Irenaeus (~200 years removed) > ricky (2000 years removed)