Peter
And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and [so did] another disciple:
that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with
Jesus into the palace of the high priest....
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He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas,
lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the
third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou
knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith
unto him, Feed my sheep....
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So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,
[son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto
him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto
him, Feed my lambs....
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Simon Peter (Greek: Πέτρος, Pétros, "stone, rock";[1] c. 1 BC
– AD 67), sometimes called Simon Cephas (Greek: Σιμων Κηφᾶς,
Symōn Kēphas; Aramaic: Šimʕōn Kêfâ; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ, Semʕān
Kêfâ) after his name in Hellenized Aramaic, was a leader of
the early Christian Church, who is featured prominently in the
New Testament Gospels and the Acts ...
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The data for this article are found chiefly in the four
Gospels; in Acts 1 through 15; in Gal 1 and 2; and in the
two Epistles of Peter.
1. Name and Early Career:
Simon (or Simeon) was the original name of Peter, the son of
Jonas (or John), and brother of Andrew, a disciple of John
the Baptist, as Peter also may have been. A fisherman by
occup...
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-Also called SIMON BAR-JONA and CEPHAS
Mt 16:16-19; Mr 3:16; Joh 1:42
-A fisherman
Mt 4:18; Lu 5:1-7; Joh 21:3
-Call of
Mt 4:18-20; Mr 1:16-18; Lu 5:1-11
-His mother-in-law healed
Mt 8:14; Mr 1:29,30; Lu 4:38
-An apostle
Mt 10:2; 16:18,19; Mr 3:16; Lu 6:14; Ac 1:13
-An evangelist
Mr 1:36,37
-Confesses Jesus to be the Messiah
Mt 16:16-1...
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(a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was
Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a man named Jonas,
Mt 16:17; Joh 1:42; 21:16 and was brought up in his father's
occupation, that of a fisherman. He and his brother Andrew
were partners of John end James, the sons of Zebedee, who
had hired servants. Peter did not live, as a mere ...
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originally called Simon (=Simeon ,i.e., "hearing"), a very
common Jewish name in the New Testament. He was the
son of Jona
(Matt. 16:17). His mother is nowhere named in
Scripture. He had
a younger brother called Andrew, who first brought
him to Jesus
(John 1:40-42). His native town was Bethsaida, on
the western
coast of the Sea of Galilee,...
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(See JESUS CHRIST.) Of Bethsaida on the sea of Galilee. The
Greek for Hebrew Kephas, "stone" or "rock." Simon his original
name means "hearer"; by it he is designated in Christ's early
ministry and between Christ's death and resurrection.
Afterward he is called by his title of honour, "Peter". Son of
Jonas (Matthew 16:17; John 1:43; John 21:16...
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