:See article [https://patrickmadrid.com/bam-bam-the-“pebbles”-argument-goes-down-2/ '''Patrick Madrid: Bam! Bam! The "Pebbles" Argument Goes Down!''' — By Tim Staples. Source: Envoy Magazine. Copyright 1997-2009 (patrickmadrid.com)].
:There are '''two [[tradition]]s of [[Hermeneutics|interpretation]]''' of these texts regarding their relevancy to [[Apostolic succession]], and in particular their relevancy to the doctrine of [[Petrine primacy]], '''''neither one of them found in the Bible''''':
:*scripture [the Bible] does not explicitly support and teach it.
:*scripture [the Bible] does not explicitly oppose and condemn it.
:See ''[[sola scriptura]]''.
:Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/1-42.htm multiple commentaries on John 1:42] <br>and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/16-18.htm multiple commentaries on Matthew 16:18].