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Mark 3:16

And Simon he surnamed Peter;

KJV

καὶ ἐποίησεν τοὺς δώδεκα, καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ὄνομα τῷ Σίμωνι Πέτρον·

Greek NT

Et imposuit Simoni nomen Petrus :

Vulgate

and Simon he surnamed Peter;

ASV

And to Simon he gave the name Peter:

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People PeterSimonSimonSimonSimon

In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
Σίμων
simon
noun · 75×
δώδεκα
dodeka
adjective · 75×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἐπιτίθημι
epitithemi
verb · 39×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἐποίησεν τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ , | WH/NIV: ἐποίησεν τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ
  • ἐποίησεν τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ , — SBLGNT
  • ἐποίησεν τοὺς δώδεκα καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὄνομα τῷ Σίμωνι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὄνομα τῷ Σίμωνι | RP: τῷ Σίμωνι ὄνομα
  • ὄνομα τῷ Σίμωνι — SBLGNT
  • ὄνομα τῷ Σίμωνι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τῷ Σίμωνι ὄνομα — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§551From the beginning of his public life Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission.280 He gives the Twelve a share in his authority and 'sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal."281 They remain associated for ever with Christ's kingdom, for through them he directs the Church: As my Father appointed a kingdom for me, …
§552Simon Peter holds the first place in the college of the Twelve;283 Jesus entrusted a unique mission to him. Through a revelation from the Father, Peter had confessed: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Our Lord then declared to him: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it."284 Christ, the "living …
§787From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings.215 Jesus spoke of a still more intimate communion between him and those who would follow him: "Abide in me, and I in you.... I am the vine, you are the branches."216 and he proclaimed a mysterious and real …
…and 1 more from this source.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210201.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
  • Acts 1:13 — And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
  • John 1:42 — And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
  • Luke 8:1 — And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,