George Leo Haydock

Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona. Simon is undoubtedly Sumeon , as written 2 Peter i. 1. Bariona is son of Jona, or John, an abridgment for Barioanna . Bar, in Chaldaic, is son; hence St. Peter is called, in John xxi, 16. and 17, Simon, son of John. It was customary with the Jews to add to a rather common name, for the sake of discrimination, a patronumikon , or patronymic, as appears from Matthew x. 3. and xxiii. 35; Mark ii. 14; John vi. 42. (Pastorini)