Simon Cephas

Peter is rarely called Cephas, it is easier to invent another person named Cephas than it is to invent another person named Peter.

He is often referred to as Simon Bar-Jona, meaning "Simon, son of Jonah," and is also known by the Aramaic name Cephas, which translates to Peter in Greek,

Hist. Sim. Ceph. is largely an epitome of earlier (Syriac) accounts of Peter that the author compiled for the church's lectionary to be read at the yearly

The first of the Twelve Apostles; the chief disciple of Jesus and head of the early Church. His life became at an early stage the subject of popular legends,

Cephas (Kepha) and Peter are not different names. They are merely the same name, Rock, in two different languages, Aramaic and Greek, respectively.

Jesus was naming Simon in a way that reflected the path they would walk, similar to how we refer to Christians today, meaning little Christ.

In John 1:42 Jesus called Peter as Cephas. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when