Pyatcast

Category: Etymology

  • What does Simon mean? and did "Peter" replace "Simon"?

    I recently heard a terrible argument arguing that Simon means “grain of sand” and that when Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter, he was changing this grain of sand into a Rock. Obviously, as you might guess, this argument came from someone who thinks that Peter was the first pope. There are two significant problems…

  • What does it mean to "Propitiate"?

    Let’s start by reviewing the verses where that English word is used: Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our…