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Simon, Cephas, Peter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2011

K. Lake
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It is generally held that these three names apply to one person, who was the chief of the Twelve Apostles and the first witness to the Resurrection. It is, of course, recognized that there was another apostle named Simon, but he plays only a small part in Christian tradition.

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Harvard Theological Review , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1921 , pp. 95 - 97
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Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1921

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page 96 note 1 Galatians 2, 7 ff.

page 96 note 2 Eus. Eccl. Hist. i. 12, 2. ἡ δ᾽ ἱστορία παρὰ Κλήμεντι κατὰ τὴν πέμπτην τῶν ‛ϒποτυπώσεων, ἐν ῇ καὶ Κηϕᾶν, περὶ οὗ ϕησιν ὁ Παῦλος, ὄτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηϕᾷς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῲ ἀντέστην, ἔνα ϕησὶ γεγονέναι τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητῶν, ὁμώνυμον Πέτρῳ τυγχάνοντα τῷ ἀποστόλῳ.

page 97 note 1 It is an interesting speculation to ask why Clement did not hold this view. The answer is partly that he wished to save Peter's reputation at the expense of Cephas, who was only one of the Seventy, partly perhaps that he knew Greek a little better than most men and felt better the implication of Paul's words. But I wish we knew more about the text of the Fourth Gospel used by Clement.

page 97 note 2 A consideration of the textual phenomena in the Epistle to the Galatians shows that this bad habit is not confined to modern commentators.