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BELOW ARE A FEW FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT PETER FROM OUR RECENTLY UPLOADED COMMENTARY ON 1 AND 2 PETER! MULTIPLE REFERENCES ... THE BIBLE REFERENCES PETER IS SEVERAL WAYS. MATTHEW REFERS TO HIM AS "SIMON CALLED PETER" (MATTHEW 4:18) OR SIMON PETER (16:16). JESUS CALLED HIM SIMON BARJONA (MATTHEW 16:17), SIMON (17:25), "SIMON THE SON OF JONA" AND CEPHAS (JOHN 1:42), AS WELL AS "SIMON SON OF JONAS" (21:17). MARK LABELED HIM "SIMON SURNAMED PETER" (MARK 3:16). IMPULSIVE PETER ... PETER IS THE ONLY ONE OF THE APOSTLES TO HAVE CLASHED WITH THE LORD ON THREE OCCASIONS! PETER'S FIRST DISAGREEMENT WITH JESUS CONCERNED HIS UPCOMING SUFFERING AND DEATH IN JERUSALEM (MATTHEW 16:21 - 23). THE APOSTLE'S SECOND DISAGREEMENT OPPOSED HAVING HIS FEET WASHED DURING THE LAST PASSOVER (JOHN 13:3 - 😎. THE LAST CONFLICT TOOK PLACE AS THE LORD AND HIS DISCIPLES WALKED TO MT. OLIVE AFTER HIS LAST PASSOVER. PETER TWICE ZEALOUSLY ASSERTED THAT, ALTHOUGH THE LORD SAID ALL THE DISCIPLES WOULD ABANDON HIM, HE WOULD NOT! "AND JESUS SAITH UNTO THEM, ALL YE SHALL BE OFFENDED BECAUSE OF ME THIS NIGHT . . . BUT PETER SAID UNTO HIM, ALTHOUGH ALL SHALL BE OFFENDED, YET WILL NOT I . . . BUT HE (PETER) SPAKE THE MORE VEHEMENTLY, IF I SHOULD DIE WITH THEE, I WILL NOT DENY THEE IN ANY WISE . . ." (MARK 14:27, 29, 31). AN EXPLOSIVE RELATIONSHIP ... SALTPETER IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERAL POTASSIUM NITRATE USED IN FERTILIZERS AND GUNPOWDER. THE WORD COMES FROM SAL PETRAE, WHICH MEANS "SALT OF THE ROCK." THE "PETER" PART OF SALTPETER COMES FROM THE FACT THAT JESUS USED A GREEK WORD FOR A SMALL STONE (ROCK) TO REFERENCE HIM IN MATTHEW 16:18. |
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