John 1:42 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Andrew then led (brought) Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John. You shall be called Cephas–which translated is Peter [Stone].

American Standard Version (1901)

He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).

Common English Bible

He led him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he led him to Jesus. And Jesus, gazing at him, said: "You are Simon, son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas," (which is translated as Peter).

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.

John 1:42 Cross References

2 Kings 5:4

So Naaman went in and told his lord just what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

Matthew 10:2

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee and his brother John;

Mark 3:16

So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),

Luke 5:8

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

Luke 6:14

Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

John 13:18

I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’

John 21:2

Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.

John 4:16

Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.”

1 Corinthians 1:12

What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”

1 Corinthians 15:5

and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

1 Corinthians 3:22

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,

1 Corinthians 9:5

Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

Galatians 1:18

Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days,

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood self-condemned,

Galatians 2:9

and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.