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The First Epistle of Peter [a] is a book of the New Testament. The author presents himself as Peter the Apostle . The ending of the letter includes a statement that implies that it was written from “ Babylon ”, which may be a reference to Rome .
Here, Paul apparently follows an early tradition that Peter was the first to see the risen Christ, [34] which, however, did not seem to have survived to the time when the gospels were written. [90] In John's gospel, Peter is the first person to enter the empty tomb, although the women and the beloved disciple see it before him. [91]
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The author of the First Epistle of Peter identifies himself in the opening verse as "Peter, an apostle of Jesus", and the view that the epistle was written by St. Peter is attested to by a number of Church Fathers: Irenaeus (140–203), Tertullian (150–222), Clement of Alexandria (155–215) and Origen of Alexandria (185–253).
Eusebius also states that several works had been attributed to Peter: the First Epistle of Peter, the Second Epistle of Peter, the Acts of Peter, the Gospel of Peter, the Preaching of Peter and the Apocalypse of Peter. He accepts the First Epistle of Peter as genuine, the Second Epistle as useful but not canonical, while he describes the others ...
Textual variants in the First Epistle of Peter are the subject of the study called textual criticism of the New Testament. Textual variants in manuscripts arise when a copyist makes deliberate or inadvertent alterations to a text that is being reproduced. An abbreviated list of textual variants in this particular book is given in this article ...
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To distinguish him from Simon Peter, he is given a surname in all three of the Synoptic Gospels where he is mentioned. Simon is called " Zelotes " in Luke and Acts ( Luke 6:15 Acts 1:13 ). For this reason, it is generally assumed that Simon was a former member of the political party, the Zealots .