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THE MESSAGE
Mark 3:16
Bible Study Resources
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He appointed the Twelve: To Simon, he gave the name Peter;
And Simon he surnamed Peter.
And Simon he surnamed Peter;
He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
These are the twelve men he chose: Simon (Jesus named him Peter),
He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter),
These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
Simon was one of the twelve, and Jesus named him Peter.
Shim‘on, to whom he gave another name, "Kefa";
And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter;
These are the names of the twelve men Jesus chose: Simon (the one Jesus named Peter),
And the first was Simon, and hee named Simon, Peter,
And Simon he surnamed Peter.
These are the twelve he chose: Simon (Jesus gave him the name Peter);
And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,
And He put on Simon the name Peter.
and Simon he surnamed Peter;
To Simon he gave the second name of Peter;
Shim`on, to whom he gave the name Kefa;
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And he named to Shemun the name of Kipha;
And to Simon he gave the name of Cephas.
And he gaue vnto Simon to name, Peter.
and Simon he surnamed Peter;
Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;
And Simon he surnamed Peter: And James the son of Zebedee,
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter),
And to Symount he yaf a name Petre, and he clepide James of Zebede and Joon,
And he appointed the twelve: and he gave the name Peter to Simon;
And Simon he surnamed Peter.
He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter;
Simon, [fn] to whom He gave the name Peter;
These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he named Peter),
Jesus gave Simon another name, Peter.
So he appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);
and he appointed the twelve (and imposed a name on Simon - ) Peter,
And to Simon he gave the name Peter:
Simon whom he surnamed Peter;
And he gave vnto Simon to name Peter.
And he put on Simon the name Peter;
And vnto Symon he gaue the name Peter,
these were Simon, whom he sirnam'd Peter, James the son of Zebedee,
These are the names of Jesus's twelve cowboys: Simon, who Jesus gave the name of Pete;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Simon: Mark 1:16, Matthew 16:16-18, John 1:42, 1 Corinthians 1:12, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 1 Corinthians 9:5, Galatians 2:7-9, Cephas, 2 Peter 1:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:2 - I have Matthew 10:2 - Simon Luke 8:1 - and the Acts 1:13 - Peter Acts 10:5 - whose
Cross-References
The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: "Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?"
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
He said, "I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid."
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Simon he surnamed Peter. Or Cephas, which signifies a rock, or stone, because of his courage and constancy, his strength and fortitude, steadiness and firmness of mind: this name was imposed upon him, not at the time of his mission as an apostle; nor when he made that noble confession of his faith in Christ, as the Son of the living God, at which time this name was taken notice of; but when Christ first called him to be his disciple and apostle; see John 1:42.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For an account of the appointment of the apostles, see the notes at Matthew 10:1-4.
And calleth unto him whom he would - Those whom he chose; whom he was about to appoint to the apostleship. See the notes at John 15:16.
Mark 3:14
He ordained twelve - The word rendered “ordained” here does not express our notion of ordination to the ministry. It means, literally, “he made” - that is, he “appointed” twelve to be with him.
Twelve - The reason why “twelve” were chosen was, probably, that such a number would be deemed competent witnesses of what they saw; that they could not be easily charged with being excited by sympathy, or being deluded, as a multitude might; and that, being destined to go into all the world, a considerable number seemed indispensable. Perhaps, also, there was some reference to the fact that “twelve” was the number of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mark 3:17
Boanerges - This word is made up of two Hebrew words signifying “sons of thunder,” meaning that they, on some accounts, “resembled” thunder. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. It is not known why this name was given to James and John. They are nowhere else called by it. Some suppose it was because they wished to call down fire from heaven and consume a certain village of the Samaritans, Luke 9:54. It is, however, more probable that it was on account of something fervid, and glowing, and powerful in their genius and eloquence.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Mark 3:16. Simon, &c.] Matthew 10:2; Matthew 10:2, &c.