When Jesus called Peter his name was Simon but Jesus gave him a new name. His original name meant "reed" but his new name meant "rock". Throughout the Gospels he was more of a reed than a rock but when the Holy Spirit came upon him at Pentecost he became a rock. By Acts 15 he was no longer known as Simon but by Peter.
There are many in Scripture that were given a new name: Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, Joshua, Paul to mention a few. When we have an encounter with the living God we cannot remain the same and we have a new name, Christian.
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