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Distinction Quotes by Frank E. Gaebelein
- Although it is true that petros and petra can mean 'stone' and 'rock' respectively in earlier Greek, the distinction is largely confined to poetry.
- The Greek makes the distinction between petros and petra simply because it is trying to preserve the pun, and in Greek the feminine petra could…
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