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Originally Posted by Peace-be-with-you  Mr. White, I believe you are putting the cart in front of the horse, so to speak. Before Jesus was taken into custody, God revealed to Peter, the divine nature of Jesus and Peter subseqently made to Christ, a profession of faith. At that point, Jesus renamed Peter, from Simon to Peter and made the promise to Peter that he would build his Church upon Peter. It was not until after the resurection that Christ opened the apostles minds so as to understand the the scriptures and at that point, commisiond the apotles. Christ did not put in place His Church until after the ressurection. Therfore, it is not relevant that before the resurection that Peter was afraid for his life when being questioned and accused by the dangerous enemies of Jesus Christ. Remember, Peter, as well as the other apostles, were not perfect men either before the ressurection nor after.
Matt 16: 13-20
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Mathew 16:18 "And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." ESV
Peter (petros) Rock (petra). I am not a Greek scholar, but those words translated Peter, and rock are of different genders, and seem to have vastly different meanings; possibly comparable to a large mountain and hill. One should think twice before trying to equate the two.
I believe Peter himself gives us additional details in 1 Peter 2.
Also Christ gave Peter his name long before this point, see John 1:42.