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Looked upon him (emblepsas autōi). See Joh 1:36 for same word and form of John’s eager gaze at Jesus. Luke uses this word of Jesus when Peter denied him (Luk 22:61).
He brought him (ēgagen auton). Effective second aorist active indicative of ago as if Andrew had to overcome some resistance on Simon’s part.
Thou shalt be called Cephas (su klēthēsēi Kēphās). Apparently before Simon spoke. We do not know whether Jesus had seen Simon before or not, but he at once gives him a nickname that will characterize him some day, though not yet, when he makes the noble confession (Mat 16:17.), and Jesus will say, “Thou art Peter.” Here the future passive indicative of kaleō is only prophecy. The Aramaic Cēphās (rock) is only applied to Simon in John except by Paul (1Co 1:12; Gal 1:18, etc.). But the Greek Petros is used by all. In the ancient Greek petra was used for the massive ledge of rock like Stone Mountain while petros was a detached fragment of the ledge, though itself large. This distinction may exist in Mat 16:17., except that Jesus probably used Aramaic which would not have such a distinction.