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When Jesus Christ surnamed his first disciple Shim'on
(Simon) with the significant title of "Petros" (Peter), he
must evidently have had in his mind this ancient sacred
Sapha which had been lost long ago! But, alas! we cannot
positively set out the exact word which he expressed in his
own language. The Greek form Petros in the masculine
gender - Petra in the feminine - is so unclassical and un-
Greek, that one is astonished at its being ever adopted by
the Churches. Did Jesus or any other Jew ever dream of
calling the fisherman Bar Yona, Petros? Decidedly not. The
Syriac version called Pshitta has frequently rendered this
Greek form into Kipha (Kipa). And the very fact that even
the Greek text has preserved the original name "Kephas,"
which the English versions have reproduced in the shape of
"Cephas," shows that Christ spoke the Aramaic language
and gave the surname "Kipha" to his principal disciple.
(Simon) with the significant title of "Petros" (Peter), he
must evidently have had in his mind this ancient sacred
Sapha which had been lost long ago! But, alas! we cannot
positively set out the exact word which he expressed in his
own language. The Greek form Petros in the masculine
gender - Petra in the feminine - is so unclassical and un-
Greek, that one is astonished at its being ever adopted by
the Churches. Did Jesus or any other Jew ever dream of
calling the fisherman Bar Yona, Petros? Decidedly not. The
Syriac version called Pshitta has frequently rendered this
Greek form into Kipha (Kipa). And the very fact that even
the Greek text has preserved the original name "Kephas,"
which the English versions have reproduced in the shape of
"Cephas," shows that Christ spoke the Aramaic language
and gave the surname "Kipha" to his principal disciple.