[B-Greek] names X promises: WARNING

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Mon Sep 15 14:45:28 EDT 2003


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At 3:22 PM -0300 9/15/03, Antonio Jose Andrade Lordelo wrote:
>Protestantism has taught that Petros is a small stone --  meaning a
>stone of such a size that can be picked  up and thrown.
>Petra is a large rock formation so Petros and petra are distinct words
>related to a common root but with distinct senses.  Now, plz, i would like
>to know  why did Jesus change Simon´s name?  What did Jesus have in mind
>by changing his name (any kind of implicit  promise by changing his
>name)????  What was the real God´s aim  by changing names. e.g . from
>Sarai  to Sarah - from Abram to Abraham ( any kind of promise by changing
>their names )??
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ajal
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