Add parallel Print Page Options

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus regarded him and said, You are Simon, the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas (which translated is, a rock).

43 The day following, Jesus decided to go into Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him, Follow me. 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.

Read full chapter

42 And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(A) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a]).(B)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(C) he said to him, “Follow me.”(D)

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(E)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.