And while walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw Simon [i.e., Peter] and his brother Andrew casting their net in the lake, for they were fishermen.
Mark 3:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) These apostles were: Simon, to whom He gave the added name Peter, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Simon he surnamed Peter; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [They were] Simon, and He surnamed [him] Peter; American Standard Version (1901) and Simon he surnamed Peter; Common English Bible He appointed twelve: Peter, a name he gave Simon; Catholic Public Domain Version and he imposed on Simon the name Peter; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And to Simon he gave the name Peter: |
And while walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw Simon [i.e., Peter] and his brother Andrew casting their net in the lake, for they were fishermen.
James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, to whom He gave the added name Boanerges, which means “Sons of Thunder,”
And when it was daylight, He called His disciples and chose from among them twelve, whom He also called apostles.
So, Andrew brought Simon Peter to Jesus. [And when] Jesus saw him, He said [to him], “You are Simon, the son of John [Note: Peter’s father is called Jonah in Matt. 16:17]; you will be called Cephas (which means Peter [i.e., “a stone.” See Matt. 16:18]).”
Upon arriving at the house where they were staying, they went upstairs. [Those present were]: Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James, the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealous [one] and Judas, the son of James. [Note: Judas Iscariot, the twelfth apostle, had already committed suicide].
Now this is what I mean: Each of you is saying, “I am a follower of Paul,” and another “I am a follower of Apollos,” and another “I am a follower of Cephas [i.e., Peter],” and another “I am a follower of Christ.”
including Paul, and Apollos, and Cephas [i.e., Peter], and the world, and life and death, and present and future things. All of these things are yours. [Note: Paul is showing that, as Christians, they really possessed and should value all preachers and circumstances of life alike].
Do we not have the right to take a believing [i.e., a Christian] wife with us [on our preaching tours], just like the rest of the apostles, and the Lord’s brothers do [i.e., James, Joseph, Judas and Simon. Mark 6:3], and Cephas [i.e., Peter]?
[This letter is being written by] Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith just as precious as ours, through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.