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42 and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, ‘You are Simon, son of John.[a] You will be called Cephas’(A) (which is translated ‘Peter’[b]).

Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus[c] decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip(B) and told him, ‘Follow me.’

44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida,(C) the home town of Andrew and Peter.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:42 Other mss read ‘Simon, son of Jonah
  2. 1:42 Both Aramaic Cephas and Gk Petros mean ‘rock’
  3. 1:43 Lit he