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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.
Simon Peter is portrayed by Royal Dano in the 1961 American film King of Kings. Simon Peter is portrayed by Gary Raymond in the 1965 American film The Greatest Story Ever Told. Simon Peter is portrayed by James Farentino in the 1977 British-Italian miniseries Jesus of Nazareth. Simon Peter is portrayed by Niko Nitai in the 1979 American film Jesus.
2 Peter, also known as the Second Epistle of Peter and abbreviated as 2 Pet., [a] is an epistle of the New Testament written in Koine Greek. It identifies the author as "Simon Peter" (in some translations, 'Simeon' or 'Shimon'), a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" ( 2 Peter 1:1 ).
Peter's vision of a sheet with animals, the vision painted by Domenico Fetti (1619) Illustration from Treasures of the Bible by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1894. According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel (Greek: σκεῦος, skeuos; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; The New International Version translates the passage as:
As we embrace the multifaceted historical realities of Black History Month, it is not irony but ethnic reality that calls our attention to those passages of scripture in Mark 15:21 and Luke 23:26.
Simon Called Peter is a novel by Robert Keable (1887–1927) [1] which was a best-seller in 1921. [2] The title is a reference to Simon Peter the apostle and first Pope of the Catholic Church. In 1921 it was met with astonishing success, and its runaway popularity won Keable a level of celebrity.
Image credits: Simon Charles Dorante-Day Robert Jobson, a journalist and royal biographer, refutes Simon’s claims, stating that the dates provided by him “don’t add up.” “He obviously ...