John 1:42
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42 He brought Simon[a] to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas”[b] (which is translated Peter[c]).(A)
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John 21:15-17
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Jesus and Peter
15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”(A) 16 A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.”(B) 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.(C)
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1 Corinthians 15:5
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5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
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1 Corinthians 1:12
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12 What I mean is that each of you says, “I belong to Paul,” or “I belong to Apollos,” or “I belong to Cephas,” or “I belong to Christ.”
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Galatians 2:9
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9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.(A)
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1 Corinthians 9:5
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5 Do we not have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife,[a] as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?(A)
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- 9.5 Gk a sister as wife
Matthew 10:2
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2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee and his brother John;
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John 6:70-71
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70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”(A) 71 He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot,[a] for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him.
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- 6.71 Other ancient authorities read Judas Iscariot son of Simon or Judas son of Simon from Karyot (Kerioth)
John 2:24-25
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24 But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to testify about anyone, for he himself knew what was in everyone.(A)
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Luke 5:8
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8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
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Matthew 16:17-18
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17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven.(A) 18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[a] and on this rock[b] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.(B)
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John 21:2
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2 Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin,[a] Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.(A)
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- 21.2 Gk Didymus
John 13:18
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18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who ate my bread[a] has lifted his heel against me.’(A)
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- 13.18 Other ancient authorities read ate bread with me
John 1:47-48
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47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, “Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”(A) 48 Nathanael asked him, “Where did you get to know me?” Jesus answered, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
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Mark 3:16
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16 So he appointed the twelve:[a] Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),(A)
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- 3.16 Other ancient authorities lack So he appointed the twelve
Luke 6:14
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14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,
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