has a feminine gender and thus is not appropriate for a man's name. To make it suitable for Simon, petra is given a masculine ending, resulting in Petros, Peter in Greek. Elsewhere in the Bible ...

In the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is ... citing people from the Bible who were dead by this time. Peter, often the spokesperson ...

2 Peter 3:16 Ever since the Protestant Revolt in the 16th century, the Catholic Church has been accused of ignoring, opposing, hiding and even destroying the Bible in order to keep it from the people.