What you say is technically true? But please remember Jesus was actually speaking Hebrew. So what matters is what Jesus actually said in Hebrew.
I understand that in Hebrew, there's just one word. Cephas. Simon Cephas. Which means a massive rock
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"But please remember Jesus was actually speaking Hebrew." Was he? Could have been greek, or Aramaic (actually likely). Whether Hebrew, greek or Aramaic .... there is no way of knowing.
Regardless there are all these verses about Jesus/God being our rock and I don't find Peter referenced in any of them, nor pointing to any apostle or any man.
About rocks.
Jesus is God and is the rock ... the church is built on Jesus/God ... no doubt in my mind.
Jesus is God.
I am telling you the truth,” Jesus replied. “Before Abraham was born, ‘I Am’.”
(John 8:58)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
(Hebrews 13:8)
John 10
I and the Father are one.”
The Rock
Psalm 78:35
And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
Genesis 49:24
But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
Deuteronomy 32:15
"But Jeshu run grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
2 Samuel 23:3
"The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,
Psalm 42:9
I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
Isaiah 30:29
You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival, And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute, To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
Habakkuk 1:12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge; And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
2 Samuel 22:32
"For who is God, besides the LORD?
And who is a rock, besides our God?
Psalm 18:31
For who is God, but the LORD?
And who is a rock, except our God,
1 Samuel 2:2
"There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
Isaiah 44:8
'Do not tremble and do not be afraid; Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it? And you are My witnesses Is there any God besides Me, Or is there any other Rock? I know of none.'"
Deuteronomy 32:31
"Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this.
Deuteronomy 32:37
"And He will say, 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?
Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;
Deuteronomy 32:4
"The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
Psalm 92:15
To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
Psalm 62:7
On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.
Psalm 28:1
To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Psalm 31:1-3
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me. Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalm 71:3
Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.
Isaiah 26:4
"Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock.
Psalm 94:22
But the LORD has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge.
Psalm 59:9
Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold.
Psalm 91:2
I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!"
2 Samuel 22:3
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Jesus declares that God had revealed this truth to Peter. The word for “Peter,” Petros, means a small stone (
John 1:42). Jesus used a play on words here with petra (“on this rock”) which means a foundation boulder, as in
Matthew 7:24,
25 when He described the rock upon which the wise man builds his house. Peter himself uses the same imagery in his first epistle: the church is built of numerous small petros “living stones” (
1 Peter 2:5) who, like Peter, confess that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and those confessions of faith are the bedrock of the church.
New Testament makes it abundantly clear that Christ is both the foundation (
Acts 4:11,
12;
1 Corinthians 3:11) and the head (
Ephesians 5:23) (Christ is head of the church). It makes no sense at all giving those roles to Peter. There is a sense in which the apostles (all of them) played a foundational role in the building of the church (
Ephesians 2:20),
but the role of primacy is reserved for Christ alone, not assigned to Peter. So, Jesus’ words here are best interpreted as a simple play on words in that a boulder-like truth came from the mouth of one who was called a small stone. And Christ Himself is called the “chief cornerstone” (
1 Peter 2:6,
7). The chief cornerstone of any building was that upon which the building was anchored. If Christ declared Himself to be the cornerstone, how could Peter be the rock upon which the church was built? It is more likely that the believers, of which Peter is one, are the stones which make up the church, anchored upon the Cornerstone, “and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame” (
1 Peter 2:6).
Others believe differently, ... I agree to disagree ;o)
Jesus is my rock and always will be.
God Bless.