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Saint Peter [note 1] (born Shimon Bar Yonah; died AD 64–68), [4] also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, [5] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.
Father of Uzziah (J Santiago Suarez) (season 4): The father of Uzziah is the husband of the mother of Uzziah. Mother of Uzziah (Federica Estaba Rangel) (season 4): The mother of Uzziah is the wife of the father of Uzziah. Zechariah (Iman Nazemzade) (season 4): Zechariah is the owner of the donkey where Jesus rides onto Jerusalem.
Both Andrew and his brother Peter were fishermen by trade and also Simon Peter who became a "fisher of men", hence the tradition that Jesus called them to be his disciples by saying that he will make them "fishers of men" (Ancient Greek: ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων, romanized: halieîs anthrṓpōn). [13]
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.
Simon Magus (Greek Σίμων ὁ μάγος, Latin: Simon Magus), also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. [1] The act of simony, or paying for position, is named after Simon, who tried to buy his way into the power of the Apostles.
Robert Keable (6 March 1887 – 22 December 1927) [1] was a British novelist, formerly a missionary and priest in the Church of England.He resigned his ministry following his experiences in the First World War and caused a scandal with his 1921 novel Simon Called Peter, the tale of a priest's wartime affair with a young nurse.
Oliver Simon Peter Blunt Emily’s father, Oliver, works as a barrister, a.k.a. a type of U.K. lawyer, and is the son of former British Army officer Major General Peter Blunt .
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 ...