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Saint Peter [note 1] (born Shimon Bar Yonah; died AD 64–68), [1] also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, [6] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.
According to the surviving fragments of the work Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord of the Apostolic Father Papias of Hierapolis, who lived c. 70–163 AD, Mary the wife of Cleophas or Alphaeus would be the mother of Simon, the brother of Jesus: Mary the wife of Cleophas or Alphaeus, who was the mother of James the bishop and apostle, and of ...
Andrew the Apostle was born to a Jewish family in Bethsaida, in Galilee, [9] possibly between 5 and 10 AD [10] The New Testament states that Andrew was the brother of Simon Peter, [11] and likewise a son of Jonah. "The first striking characteristic of Andrew is his name: it is not Hebrew, as might have been expected, but Greek, indicative of a ...
Salome (Nina Rose Leon) Salome is the wife of Zebedee, the mother of Big James and John, and one of the women helping Jesus's ministry. Dasha (Leticia Magana) Dasha is the mother-in-law of Simon Peter and the mother of Eden. Jesse (Dennis Apergis) Jesse is a former paralytic from Ashkelon, who is healed by Jesus at the Pool of Bethesda.
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.
Simon is a given name, ... Simon Pryce (born 1972), Australian children's lead singer of The Wiggles; Simon Rex ... Simon Peter, better known as ...
In the New Testament, which some call the New Law or "New Greek Testament", [4] Matthew 16:16–18 [5] reports that Jesus changed Simon's name to Peter. Elsewhere in Scripture such a name change always denotes some change in status (e.g., Abram to Abraham, or Jacob to Israel). In the gospels, Peter is shown as a close associate of Jesus.
Rhoda (whose name means "rose" [1]) was a girl (Biblical Greek: παιδίσκη) living in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark. Many biblical translations state that she was a 'maid' or 'servant girl'. After Peter was miraculously released from prison, he went to the house and knocked on the door.