The power of driving out demons was given that they might apply it in confirmation of their teaching. And Simon he surnamed Peter. Mark relates only his naming and not his appointment, leaving his appointment to be understood. But he alone throws Peter and James and John, the three who shared the Lord 's particular intimacy, into one group. Matthew and Luke both introduce Andrew between Peter and James.
Some uncertainty attaches to both the origin and the application of the name.
Most of the best texts read ojnomata, names, instead of name. Some, however, have claimed that it was a dual name given to them as a pair, as the name Dioscuri was given to Castor and Pollux. The reason of its bestowal we do not know. The Greek Church calls John Brontofwnov, the thunder -voiced. The phrase, sons of, is a familiar Hebrew idiom, ill which the distinguishing characteristic of the individual or thing named is regarded as his parent .