2 Peter
Rome · 64
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Pope Peter the Apostle
Pope Peter the Apostle
1 CE–64 CE · Bethsaida
Simon Peter, son of Jonah, was a Galilean fisherman whom Jesus called to be one of the Twelve Apostles and who became the foremost leader of the early Church. He delivered the first public proclamation of the resurrection at Pentecost and played a central role in the initial spread of Christianity among both Jews and Gentiles. Two New Testament epistles bear his name, and he is venerated across virtually all Christian traditions as the first bishop of Rome and a martyr under Nero.
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Stop 1 of 71 BCE–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 Pope 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
The world in their lifetime
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Thinkers and teachers of other traditions whose lives overlapped with Pope 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 · 64