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Saint Peter [note 1] (born Shimon Bar Yonah; died AD 64–68), [1] also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, [6] was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church.
James Tabor, in his controversial book The Jesus Dynasty, suggests that Simon was the son of Mary and Clophas. [7] While Robert Eisenman suggests he was Simon Cephas (Simon the Rock), known in Greek as Peter (from petros "rock"), who led the Jewish Christian community after the death of James in 62 CE. [8]
Many of the rabbinical sources argue that Simeon died aged 120, roughly three years before the death of his brother Reuben, [2] although Numbers Rabbah states that Simeon became the senior of the brothers after Reuben had died. [16]
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]
Peter White, known for his role as attorney Lincoln (Linc) Tyler on soap opera “All My Children” and for his role onstage and on screen in “The Boys in the Band,” died of melanoma at his ...
To distinguish him from Simon Peter, he is given a surname in all three of the Synoptic Gospels where he is mentioned. Simon is called "Zelotes" in Luke and Acts (Luke 6:15 Acts 1:13). For this reason, it is generally assumed that Simon was a former member of the political party, the Zealots.
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 .
Oppenheimer and Puening had two children: a son, Peter, and a daughter, Toni. ... Toni permanently moved to her family's cottage on the U.S. Virgin Islands after the U.N. ordeal, and died by ...