2 Peter
Rome · 120
A letter in the name of the apostle Peter, defending the expectation of Christ's return. Most modern scholars think it was written in his name, c. 100–150 CE; Eusebius already listed it among the disputed books.
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Peter the Apostle
Peter the Apostle
c. 1 CE–c. 64 CE · Bethsaida
Birth year unknown. Early tradition places his martyrdom in Rome under Nero, c. 64–68 CE.
Simon Peter, son of Jonah, was a Galilean fisherman whom Jesus called to be one of the Twelve Apostles and who, according to the Gospels and Acts, became the foremost leader of the earliest Church. Acts credits him with the first public proclamation of the resurrection at Pentecost, and he played a central role in the initial spread of Christianity among both Jews and Gentiles. Two New Testament letters bear his name, though many scholars think they were written by others in his name. Early sources place his martyrdom in Rome under Nero. Catholic and Orthodox tradition honours him as the first bishop of Rome, and he is traditionally counted as the first pope; historians debate when Rome first had a single presiding bishop, and Protestant churches do not regard him as a pope.
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Stop 1 of 71–27Birthplace, Fisherman
BethsaidaIsrael
What they did here
Peter (then Simon) was born in Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee and worked there as a fisherman before his call by Jesus (John 1:44).
About Bethsaida
Bethsaida, a town on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee, in modern Israel. The Gospel of John names it the home town of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip.
In Bethsaida at the same time
In the same place & time
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Sages whose lives overlapped with Peter the Apostle’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
Across the traditions
- Yonatan ben Uziel· Jerusalem
- Shammai HaZaken· Jerusalem
- Akavya ben Mahalalel· Jerusalem
- Rabban Shimon ben Hillel· Jerusalem
- Rabban Gamliel HaZaken· Jerusalem
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus· Rome
- Dosa ben Harkinas· Jerusalem
- Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus· Rome
- Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel I· Jerusalem
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus· Rome
- Pliny, the Elder· Rome
- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius· Rome
- Petronius Arbiter· Rome
- Berenice· Jerusalem
- Musonius Rufus· Rome
- Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai· Jerusalem
- Persius· Rome
- Quintilian· Rome
In the same tradition
Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, Mary, mother of Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, Andrew the Apostle, James, son of Zebedee, Barnabas, Philip the Apostle, Cornelius the Centurion, Matthias the Apostle, Bartholomew the Apostle, Thomas the Apostle, Mary Magdalene, Paul the Apostle, John the Apostle, Aquila, Priscilla, Silas
The world in their lifetime
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Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Peter the Apostle’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Works(2)
1 Peter
Rome · 80
A letter in the name of the apostle Peter to Christians in Asia Minor facing hostility. Tradition holds Peter wrote it from Rome ('Babylon', 5:13); many modern scholars think it was written in his name, c. 70–90 CE.