so he s hot headed. he has a bit of a temper of him. he ll say things which he then regrets. he changes his mind about things. he s the most three-dimensional of the disciples. significantly, according to john s gospel, early on in his ministry jesus renames peter. peter s actual name is simon, or simeon, and he appears to have been renamed by jesus, and he s renamed peter, or kephas, in aramaic, and this is the word for rock, and it seems to be that he s nicknamed rock because in spite of all peter s failings, he s the one that jesus trusts to be the rock at the heart of the movement. jerusalem. after spending many months preaching around galilee, jesus, peter and the disciples bring
john, too, is changed forever by his encounter with jesus. he now propels his ministry towards his greatest confrontation yet. the kingdom of heaven is at hand! billions of mouths. billions of problems. morning breath? garlic breath? stinky breath? there s a therabreath for you. therabreath fresh breath oral rinse instantly fights all types of bad breath and works for 24 hours. so you can. breathe easy. there s therabreath at walmart.
would herald the coming of the messiah, and what was it that drew jesus to him? now, science joins history in a new quest. in the future, it may be possible to establish a blood link between john and jesus. today, their mission is to test fragments of bone believed to be john s. for the first time in history, we re able to place these relics in their proper proper time and proper date and also to understand more about their history and how they come down to us. palestine in the first century is buzzing with prophets. they follow in the tradition of old testament preachers, men like isaiah and elijah. the tablet of god s law speaks plenty. i m here to warn you!
worthy to be crucified in the exact way that jesus was. it s strange when i think of peter hanging upside down, with the force of gravity pulling everything, with his blood rushing into his brain, with life not seeping out of him but pounding its way through his body. he s probably hoping that he ll soon be reunited with jesus, his best friend, and the one to whom he s committed his whole life. catholic tradition says peter s body is then removed from the cross by fellow christians and buried.