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For instance, there are similarities between 1 Peter and Peter's speeches in the Biblical book of Acts, [14] allusions to several historical sayings of Jesus indicative of eyewitness testimony (e.g., compare Luke 12:35 with 1 Peter 1:13, Matthew 5:16 with 1 Peter 2:12, and Matthew 5:10 with 1 Peter 3:14), [15] and early attestation of Peter's ...
Matthew 4:19 is the nineteenth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has just begun preaching in Galilee and has encountered the fishermen Simon Peter and Andrew. In this verse he calls the pair to follow him.
Tissot, James, The calling of Peter and Andrew. The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament. [2] [3] It appears in Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:16-20 and Luke 5:1–11 on the Sea of Galilee. John 1:35–51 reports the first encounter with two of the disciples a little earlier in the presence of John the ...
Matthew 4 is the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of Christian Bible. [1] [2] Many translations of the gospel and biblical commentaries separate the first section of chapter 4 (verses 1-11, Matthew's account of the Temptation of Christ by the devil) from the remaining sections, which deal with Jesus' first public preaching and the gathering of his first disciples.
Early Christian Writings: Gospel of Peter: several translations and commentaries, and three Patristic references; Gospels.net: Gospel of Peter: additional information; The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge : Peter the Apostle: III.1; Geoff Trowbrige, "The Gospel of Peter" Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
New Century Bible Commentaries, now out of print [4] New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT) New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT) New International Greek Testament Commentary (NIGTC) Pillar New Testament Commentary (PNTC) Popular Commentary of the Bible (Paul E. Kretzmann) (4 Vols. 1921–1924) [5]
Most Christian denominations agree that the statement applies to Peter, but they diverge on their interpretations of what happens after Peter. [6] The Confession of Peter is also the name of a liturgical feastday celebrated by several Christian churches, often as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. [7] [8]
Matthew's and Luke's accounts specify the "fringe" of his cloak, using a Greek word which also appears in Mark 6. [8] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on fringes in Scripture, the Pharisees (one of the sects of Second Temple Judaism) who were the progenitors of modern Rabbinic Judaism, were in the habit of wearing extra-long fringes or tassels (Matthew 23:5), [9] a reference to ...