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Mark 3:16
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14 Then He appointed twelve,1 that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,  
15 and to have1 power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:  
16 Simon, ato whom He gave the name Peter;  
17 James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”;
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite;
19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house.
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Mark 3:16

Simon he surnamed Peter (epeqhken onoma tw Simwni Petron). The Greek idiom seems awkward, but it is not. Peter is in apposition with name or onoma (accusative). This surname Jesus gave in addition (epeqhken) to Simon (dative case). Here then is a direct reference to what is told in John 1:42 when Jesus met Simon for the first time. Mark here reflects Peter's own words. Luke (Luke 6:14) simply says "Whom he also surnamed Peter." See Matthew 16:18 for the full explanation of the name Peter, a Rock, Cephas.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 3:16:

Matthew 10:2
Luke 6:13
Luke 6:17

 

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