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14 Facts About Simon Petrus

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Simon Petrus appears repeatedly and prominently in all four gospels as well as the Acts of the Apostles.

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Simon Petrus is the brother of Saint Andrew, and both were fishermen.

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Simon Petrus is mentioned, under either the name Peter or Cephas, in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians and the Epistle to the Galatians.

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In Luke, Simon Petrus Peter owns the boat that Jesus uses to preach to the multitudes who were pressing on him at the shore of Lake Gennesaret.

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Andrew then went to his brother Simon Petrus, saying, "We have found the Messiah", and then brought Simon Petrus to Jesus.

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6.

Simon Petrus Peter was twice arraigned, with John, before the Sanhedrin and directly defied them.

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Simon Petrus Peter applied the message of the vision on clean animals to the gentiles and follows his meeting with Cornelius the Centurion by claiming that "God shows no partiality".

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Simon Petrus is frequently mentioned in the gospels as forming with James the Elder and John a special group within the Twelve Apostles, present at incidents at which the others were not present, such as at the Transfiguration of Jesus, at the raising of Jairus' daughter and at the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane.

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However along with this supposed tomb in Jerusalem bearing his previous name Simon Petrus, tombs bearing the names of Jesus, Mary, James, John, and the rest of the apostles were found at the same excavation—though all these names were very common among Jews at the time.

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Simon Petrus is the light, and yet you are the light: he is the Priest, and yet he maketh Priests: he is the rock, and he made a rock.

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11.

Simon Petrus was instructed by Christ to strengthen his brethren, i e, the apostles.

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12.

Simon Petrus greets some fifty people in Rome by name, but not Peter whom he knew.

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13.

Simon Petrus believes the meaning of the original Aramaic is very clear: that "Kepha" was the Aramaic word for "rock", and that it was the name by which Christ called Peter.

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When Christ gave his own name "Kepha" to Simon Petrus he was giving him participation in the person and office of Christ.

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