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== 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" /> == | ||
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== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80495" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80495" /> == | ||
<p> Κηφας , from | <p> Κηφας , from כיפא , a <em> rock. </em> The Greek Πετρος , and the Latin <em> Petrus, </em> have the same signification. See PETER . </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71920" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71920" /> == | ||
<p> | <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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== 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]] ( | <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" /> == | ||
