Lesson #4 - The Apostle Peter (PtB)

Terry Siverd
07/07/19 - Wed Bible Study

LESSON #4 – THE APOSTLE PETER (ptB)  

1. How many Simons are mentioned in the New Testament?

Simon the apostle - - son of Jonah also called Peter (Mk.3:16), Cephas (Jn.1:42), and Simeon (Acts 15:& 14 and 2Pet.1:1 ).

Simon of Jerusalem (Lk.2:25) … Simon the Cananaean Zealot (Mt.10:4) … Simon, a brother to Jesus (Mt.13:55) …

Simon Iscariot, father to Judas (Jn.6:71 & 13:26) ... Simon the Pharisee (Lk.7:36-40) … Simon of Cyrene (Mt.27:32) ...

Simon of Bethany the leper (Mt.26:6) … Simon Magus (Acts 8:9) … Simon the tanner (Acts 10:6) …

Simon/Simeon, a teacher and/or prophet from Antioch (Acts 13:1).

2. How would you describe Peter’s personality?

FULL OF QUESTIONS AND ASSERTIONS

Lk.5:5 / Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but at Your bidding we will let down the nets.

Lk.8:45 / Master, the multitudes are crowding and pressing upon You.

Lk.9:33 / Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for You…Moses and Elijah.

Lk.12:41 / Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone as well?

Mt.14:27f / Command me to come to You on the water

Mt.16:16 / Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God

Mt.16:22 / Peter took (Jesus) aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “…Lord, this shall never happen to You!’

Mt.17:24-25 / Peter presumptuously answers for Jesus.

Mt.19:27 / Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?

Mk.11:21 / Rabbi, ‘Behold the fig tree which You cursed and withered’

Mk.13:3-4 / When will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?

Mk.14:29 / Even though all may fall away, yet I will not

Jn.18:10 / Simon Peter therefore having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear...

Jn.21:21 / Lord, what about this man (i.e., John the apostle)?

<> Do you view the above textual illustrations as unbecoming expressions of impetuosity?

Would you describe Peter as hasty, impulsive, rash and perhaps even impudent or brazen?

Do people sometimes talk when they should be listening?

<> Does your assessment of Peter applaud him for an eagerness to please?

Even though Peter sometimes put his foot in his mouth, do you think his heart was in the right place?

Did Peter feel so comfortable with Jesus that he was unafraid to fail?

3. How did Peter handle rebuke?

¡ Mt.16:23 / Get behind me, Satan!  You are a stumbling block to Me…

¡ Lk.22:31 / Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed

for you, that you faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.

¡ Lk.22:61-62 / The Lord turned and looked at Peter…and he went out and wept bitterly   cf. Mt.26:69-75

¡ Jn.21:15f / Jesus asked Peter three times, Do you love me?

¡ Gal.2:11 / Paul writes, When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

4. Where and how did Peter die?

After being miraculously released from Herod’s imprisonment, Peter departed and when to another place (Acts 12:17).

Beyond Galilee and Judea (Jerusalem), Peter spent some brief stays in other locations, such as:

Samaria (Acts 89:14) … Lydda (Acts 9:32) … Joppa (Acts 10:5) … Caesarea (Acts 10:24) …. and Antioch (Gal.2:11).

He may have also visited at Corinth (1Cor.1:12), although the text does not demand it.

1Pet.5:13 notes that from “Babylon" (a code name for an apostate Jerusalem/Rev.17:5 & 18:2) Peter writes (1Pet.1:1).

to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia who are chosen.

There is no internal Biblical evidence that supports the notion that Peter ever visited Rome.

John's gospel appears to indicate that Peter would die by crucifixion (Jn.21:18-19).