In the Bible, why was Simon's name changed to Peter?
Jesus has the same reason as God rename Abram to Abraham, and Sarai to Sarah. He did this to identify the person’s spiritual transformation.
The key to understand this is in the meaning of ‘Simon’ and ‘Peter’ name. Simon (Simeon in Hebrew) have meaning “The one whom hear (Word of God)”, and Peter (Chepas in Hebrew) means “a rock”. The name changes is to underline the transformation of the person whom hear words of God to a spiritual rock.
Then we come to the next question: what is the meaning of spiritual rock ? When Jesus met Simon first time, Jesus told him, that someday Jesus will change his name. It didn't happen, at the time Simon able to walk on water, able to cast out demons, or confident enough to call fire from heaven, till the day Jesus asked his disciples “Who do you think I’am ?”, Simon’s answer has earned him
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