• John 1:42
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 42 ἤγαγεν He led αὐτὸν him πρὸς toward τὸν the Ἰησοῦν. Jesus. ἐμβλέψας Having looked on αὐτῷ to him ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus εἶπεν said Σὺ You εἶ are Σίμων Simon ὁ the υἱὸς son Ἰωάνου, of John, σὺ you κληθήσῃ will be called Κηφᾶς Cephas ὃ which ἑρμηνεύεται is being translated Πέτρος. Peter.

  • John 1:42
    The Bible in Living English

    • 42 He brought him to Jesus; Jesus looked at him and said “You are Simon the son of John, you shall be called Cephas” (which means a rock; translated into Greek, the name is Peter).

  • John 1:42
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 42 He led him unto Jesus. Jesus looking at him said—Thou art Simon, the son of John,—Thou shalt be called Cephas; which is to be translated Peter.

  • John 1:42
    King James Version

    • 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 1:42

      You are Simon: Simon is named in five different ways in the Scriptures. (See study notes on Mt 4:18; 10:2.) On this occasion, Jesus apparently meets Simon for the first time and gives him the Semitic name Cephas (Ke·phasʹ), perhaps related to the Hebrew ke·phimʹ (rocks) used at Job 30:6 and Jer 4:29. Here the Gospel writer John also provides an explanation, which is translated “Peter,” a Greek name that similarly means “A Piece of Rock.” In the Scriptures, Simon alone bears this Semitic name as well as this Greek one. Jesus, who was able to discern that Nathanael was a man “in whom there [was] no deceit” (Joh 1:47; 2:25), could also discern Peter’s makeup. Especially after Jesus’ death and resurrection, Peter showed rocklike qualities, being a strengthening and stabilizing influence on the congregation.​—Lu 22:32; Ac 1:15, 16; 15:6-11.

      John: According to some ancient manuscripts, the father of the apostle Peter is here called John. In other ancient manuscripts, he is called Jona. At Mt 16:17, Jesus addresses Peter as “Simon son of Jonah.” (See study note on Mt 16:17.) According to some scholars, the Greek forms of the names John and Jona(h) may be different spellings of the same Hebrew name.