Petros was a nickname, meaning “Rock.” So he was known as “Simon ‘The Rock’”
“You are known as “The Rock,” and this is the Rock that I will build my community upon.”
— Jesus to Simon
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Not to be confused with Simon Honeydew, the man who digs the holes.
"Do you smell what the Rock is communitying, Lord?!"
That screen name was taken, no duplicates allowed. It was either Peter or XxXSimon67420XxX
Personally, I'd take the latter
Well the first thing he said to them was "I will make you fishers of men", so he wanted them to get used to changing identities.
First rule of cults is that you will get a new name to make you forget your old life.
Jesus just couldn't remember names.
"Uhm, hey there, uh... Rocky, yeah I call you the Rock because...um... You're going to be the rock I build my church on! Yeah, that's it."
"Hey you, uh... Stinky."
"My name's Andrew."
"Yeah, right, Stinky. Note this down. This dude over here is The Rock. Nicknames for everyone!"
Not religious, can someone explain this?
In The Bible, Simon is introduced literally like that.
“Simon who is called Peter”
Ah, that makes sense.
I miss the dankchristianmemes subreddit lol
Cephas, or Rock
Simon the Petrifier. A key acolyte of who's sorcerers talent Jesus planned to use to devastate the roman Legions.
I really wish there was more badass fantasy stories based on the Bible lol
There really could be, if we approached it in media like we do Greek/Roman or Egyptian mythology.