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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Bar-jona (Apostle living at the time of the New Testament)
Son of Jonah. Jesus calls Simon Peter this right after Peter says Jesus is the Christ, and it names Peter's father as a man called Jonah or John.
First, in plain English
Son of Jonah. Jesus calls Simon Peter this right after Peter says Jesus is the Christ, and it names Peter's father as a man called Jonah or John.
Who this is
Bar-jona, meaning "son of Jonah," is the patronymic Jesus used to address Simon Peter after Peter's confession that Jesus was the Christ (Matthew 16:17). It identifies Peter's father as a man named Jonah or John (compare John 1:42; 21:15-17).
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The word
G920
Where it appears
- Matthew 16:17
