What Does John 1:42 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The name Stone is a nature Jesus sees and calls into view, not merely a label placed on Simon.
THE MEANING
You are seen beyond the name you currently carry; a name can disclose the nature it names. Stone holds the image of solidity, a nature that can bear weight.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that the name you carry exhausts your nature dissolves here: being known can reveal a capacity your current name does not express.
THE ROOT
Πέτρος
Petros
GROWS FROM
πετρ-
πετρ- (petr-): stone, rock.
The Greek name Πέτρος (Petros, stone) belongs to the same word family as πέτρα (petra, rock). The English gloss gives the meaning, while the Greek preserves the sound-link between a person’s name and the rock image.
ALSO GROWS
petra: Rock, rocky mass
πέτρα
It shares the πετρ- family and makes the name’s stone image visible as rock.
petrōdēs: Rocky, stony
πετρώδης
This adjective grows from the same stone family, showing that the name carries a quality as well as an object.
יֵשׁוּעַ
Yeshua
GROWS FROM
ישע
ישע (y-sh-ʿ): deliver, bring out of constriction toward spaciousness.
“Jesus” in this verse is Yeshua. The name Yeshua carries deliverance: movement from constriction toward spaciousness. Here that nature stands beside the name Stone, joining deliverance with a newly disclosed capacity to bear weight.
ALSO GROWS
yasha: Deliver, bring out
יָשַׁע
This verb is the action carried in the name Yeshua.
yeshuah: Deliverance
יְשׁוּעָה
This noun gives the name’s movement a form: being brought out into spaciousness.
κληθήσῃ
klēthēsē
GROWS FROM
καλ-
καλ- (kal-): call, name.
The future passive form means ‘you will be called,’ so the name is received from another. The naming follows the act of beholding: identity becomes legible through recognition.
ALSO GROWS
klēsis: Calling, invitation
κλῆσις
It belongs to the καλέω (kaleō, call) family and shows how a call can carry a person’s identity.
ekklēsia: Assembly, gathered community
ἐκκλησία
It shares the call-family, linking being called with belonging to an assembly.
THE PATTERN
A name can make an unseen nature legible, turning recognition into identity.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.THE THREAD
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.Matthew joins Πέτρος (Petros, stone) and πέτρα (petra, rock), the same Greek word family that opens John’s name-giving image. The name Stone now carries a foundation image: the one named is linked with the rock on which an assembly is built.
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