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== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197653" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197653" /> == | ||
<p> John 1:42 (a) This name means a "rock" or a "stone." The bit of stone that is chipped off from the great rock is of the same texture and chemical composition as the one from which it comes. Peter belonged to [[Christ]] and therefore was recognized by | <p> John 1:42 (a) This name means a "rock" or a "stone." The bit of stone that is chipped off from the great rock is of the same texture and chemical composition as the one from which it comes. Peter belonged to [[Christ]] and therefore was recognized by GOD as a part of CHRIST. The name "Peter" has the same meaning. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69879" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69879" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Cephas]] ( ''Sç'Fas'' ), ''Rock.'' A [[Syriac]] surname given to Simon, which in the Greek is rendered Petros, and in the Latin Petrus, both signifying "a rock." John 1:42. See Peter. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15802" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15802" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A rock, a Syriac or later [[Hebrew]] name given to Peter by Christ, John 1:42 . The Greek Petros and the Latin [[Petrus]] have the same meaning. See [[Peter]] . </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80495" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80495" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71920" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71920" /> == | ||
<p> '''Ce'phas.''' ''See '' | <p> '''Ce'phas.''' ''See '' [[Peter]] ''.'' </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30859" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30859" /> == | ||
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39352" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39352" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50226" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50226" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> CEPHAS </strong> . See Peter. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55483" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55483" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31206" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31206" /> == | ||
<p> ( Galatians 2:11) was sometimes distinguished from Peter by early [[Christian]] writers, and said to be one of the seventy disciples by [[Clement]] of [[Alexandria]] (''Hypoypposes,'' ) as recorded by [[Eusebius]] | <p> ( Galatians 2:11) was sometimes distinguished from Peter by early [[Christian]] writers, and said to be one of the seventy disciples by [[Clement]] of [[Alexandria]] ( ''Hypoypposes,'' ) as recorded by [[Eusebius]] (H. E. 1, 12). In the list of the seventy ascribed to Dorotheus, lie is specified as bishop of Cannia. In the menology of [[Basil]] he is commemorated on Dec. 9, but nothing is said of him in the Synaxarion there given. The Armenian calendar commemorates [[Apollos]] and Cephas as disciples of Paul, Sept. 25. Dr. Lightfoot ( Galatians, p. 128.) refers to the constitutions of the [[Egyptian]] Church as representing him as one of the twelve distinct from Peter. </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15404" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15404" /> == | ||
<p> Ce´phas, a surname which Christ bestowed upon Simon (), and which corresponds with Peter, both words meaning a 'rock,' which is the signification of the original [ | <p> Ce´phas, a surname which Christ bestowed upon Simon (), and which corresponds with Peter, both words meaning a 'rock,' which is the signification of the original [PETER]. </p> | ||
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