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He was named Simon, the son of a man named Jonah or John. [note 3] The three synoptic gospels recount how Peter's mother-in-law was healed by Jesus at their home in Capernaum; [38] [39] [40] these passages depict Peter as being married or widowed. 1 Corinthians 9:5 [41] has also been taken to imply that he was married. [42]
Jesus selects Peter: Matthew 16:17–19. Jesus replied: 'Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Simon Peter, better known as Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle, Cephas, and Simon bar Jonah (Simon son of Jonah), foremost disciple of Jesus (Matthew 4:18ff). [1] [8] [9] The author of 2 Peter also calls himself 'Simon' or 'Simeon Peter', [7] although the true authorship is disputed.
Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," [10] but Jonah instead attempts to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going ...
Portrayed by Shahar Isaac, Simon Peter is a former fisherman in Capernaum, who is the de facto leader and one of the twelve disciples, called apostles, of Jesus. [3] [4] He is one of the sons of Jonah, the older brother of Andrew, the husband of Eden, the son-in-law of Dasha, and a former fishing partner of Zebedee and his sons. Alongside the ...
J. Robert Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine, daughter Kit and son Peter. (Corbis via Getty Images) Peter Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer's first child, Peter Oppenheimer, was born in 1941 while he was ...
According to the New Testament there were only two pairs of brothers among the Twelve Apostles: Peter and Andrew, the sons of Jonah, as well as James and John, the sons of Zebedee. Since the father of both James, son of Alphaeus and Matthew is named Alphaeus , according to the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church the two were brothers as well.
“There was no blank check anywhere, ever,” Peter Buffett, Warren’s youngest son, told KETV Newswatch 7 in April. Like much of the Buffett family, Peter had to find his own career path and ...