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These studies and translations of the Greek New Testament are simplified commentaries on the Greek text for the Bible student who is not conversant with the Greek language. The set includes commentaries on the Gospels and Epistles; graphic elucidations of selected passages, words, and phrases; and devotional studies on the teachings of Jesus and the apostles.

Jesus Christ is God. That was his estimation of his Lord. Now Peter’s Lord gives His estimation of Peter. Peter’s original name was Simon. Our Lord adds the name Cephas, which in Aramaic means “a stone” (John 1:42), as a descriptive name that will show the character of Simon in the days when the Holy Spirit should fill him. Our Lord in Matthew 16:18 reminds Peter of his future character by the same designation, Matthew however reporting the name by the Greek word which means “a little rock,” from