neilgodfrey wrote:I have come across this in Karel Hanhart's
The Open Tomb, p. 441:
(1) The original nickname Cephas means "pointed rock"; it may go back to Jesus himself calling Simon this in good humor. (2) But Mark prepared the readers of his post-70 Haggadah for his parting phrase in 16:7 by consistently using from 3:16 on the Greek, Petros, thus alluding to the rock of Zion (15:46, petras; cf. LXX Isa 22:16, petrai). In this way "Simon called Cephas" became "Simon called Petros," . . . .
Can anyone give further insight into the specific type of rock Cephas apparently meant?
Thanks,
Neil
JW:
[Emphasis mine] This is wrong. Jesus reverts back to Peter's old name at
Mark 14
14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest thou not watch one hour?
Regarding the question of whether this is coincidence or (bad) intent, it's
All in the Timing. On the one hand, as my Award winning Thread:
"The Simontic Problem". "Mark's" Negative Casting of Peter demonstrates and than some, all of "Mark" is one long dissing of Peter. So is any specific strange language of Peter significant because of placement? As usual, Kelber is spot on that it is here:
Mark's Story of Jesus
Page 76
On his first return to the three disciples Jesus singles out Peter and criticizes him for his inability to stay awake (14:37). Significantly, this last time Jesus speaks to Peter, in the wake of their disagreement (14:29-31) and after finding him asleep, Jesus reverts to Peter's old name. Jesus' reproach is addressed to Simon, not to Peter. As the bestowal of the new name at the appointment of the Twelve had signaled Peter's ascendancy to leadership position, so the one and only recurrence of the old name signifies his demotion.
Too bad as Carr would say that Peter could not even remember what Jesus told him in the previous chapter regarding negative formula for disciple behavior:
13:35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Regarding the relationship of Paul's Cephas and "Mark's" Peter we have a familiar situation. CBS assumes that "Mark's" Peter has a historical source even though there is no extant support for it while the parallel of Paul's Cephas to "Mark's" Peter as a literary source is the only known extant support.
Joseph
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