Joh 1:42 | HCSB | STEP | and he brought Simon to Jesus .When Jesus saw him , He said , “You are Simon , son of John . You will be called Cephas ” ( which means “Rock ”).

c 1Co 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gl 1:18; 2:9,11,14

John 1:42

42 and he brought Simon to Jesus.When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon, son of John. ^{▼▼Other mss read Simon, son of Jonah} You will be called ^{▼▼Cephas: The Aramaic word for rock; it is parallel to the Greek word petros from which the English name Peter is derived; Jn 1:42; 1 Co 1:12.}Cephas” ^c (which means “Rock”).