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Καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν. Ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπε, Σὺ εἶ Σίμων ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωνᾶ· σὺ κληθήσῃ Κηφᾶς—ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Πέτρος.
RBT Greek Interlinear:
Strongs 71  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Ēgagen
ἤγαγεν
he led
V-AIA-3S
Strongs 846  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
auton
αὐτὸν
himself
PPro-AM3S
Strongs 4314  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
pros
πρὸς
toward
Prep
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
ton
τὸν
the
Art-AMS
Strongs 2424  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Iēsoun
Ἰησοῦν
Salvation
N-AMS
Strongs 1689  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
emblepsas
ἐμβλέψας
he who has looked at
V-APA-NMS
Strongs 846  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
autō
αὐτῷ
to himself
PPro-DM3S
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
ho

the
Art-NMS
Strongs 2424  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Iēsous
Ἰησοῦς
Salvation
N-NMS
Strongs 2036  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
eipen
εἶπεν
said
V-AIA-3S
Strongs 4771  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Sy
Σὺ
You
PPro-N2S
Strongs 1510  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
ei
εἶ
you are
V-PIA-2S
Strongs 4613  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Simōn
Σίμων
Hearing
N-NMS
Strongs 3588  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
ho

the
Art-NMS
Strongs 5207  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
huios
υἱὸς
son
N-NMS
Strongs 2491  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Iōannou
Ἰωάννου
Favored
N-GMS
Strongs 4771  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
sy
σὺ
you
PPro-N2S
Strongs 2564  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
klēthēsē
κληθήσῃ
will be called
V-FIP-2S
Strongs 2786  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Kēphas
Κηφᾶς
Peter
N-NMS
Strongs 3739  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
ho

which/whichever
RelPro-NNS
Strongs 2059  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
hermēneuetai
ἑρμηνεύεται
means
V-PIM/P-3S
Strongs 4074  [list]
Λογεῖον
Perseus
Petros
Πέτρος
Small Stone
N-NMS
RBT Translation:
He who has beheld himself
He led himself toward the Salvation. He who has gazed on himself, the Salvation, said, "You are Hearing,62 the son of the Favored! You will be called Rock ("Cephas"), whosoever is being translated ‘a small stone’.63
LITV Translation:
And he led him to Jesus. And looking at him, Jesus said, You are Simon the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which translated is Peter).
ESV Translation:
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).

Footnotes

62

The name Simon comes from Hebrew Shimon (#8095) which means hearing.

63

On this Small Stone

Strong’s #4074, petros. A small stone. “ (Pétros) is an isolated rock and (pétra) is a cliff”(TDNT, 3, 100). “ (Pétros) always means a stone . . . such as a man may throw, . . . versus (pétra), a projecting rock, cliff" (S. Zodhiates, Dict).”

Many small stones, to cast a foundation...