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Who did Jesus declare Peter to be?
“Thou art Simon the son of Jona” (John i, 42).
“Simon, son of Jonas” (John xxi, 15).
“Thou art Simon the son of John” (John, New Ver., i, 42; xxi, 15).
There is no relation whatever between “Jona,” or “Jonas,” and “John.” Jona (Jonah), or Jonas, means a dove; John means the grace of God.