Quotes About Cephas

When this disciple was brought by his brother Andrew into the presence of his future Master, Jesus, we are told, "beheld him and said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas"--Cephas meaning in Syriac, as the evangelist explains, the same which Petros signifies in Greek. The penetrating glance of Christ discerned in this disciple latent capacities of faith and devotion, the rudiments of ultimate strength and power.

I'm a Jersey kid originally, and I went to Ramapo State College. That was back in '78.

Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.