companions. peter s the most human of the disciples because he just reacts off the cuff all the time, shoots from the hip. 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,
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
jesus. he s in the inner circle. he s jesus most trustee, loyal companion. peter s the most human of the disciples, because he just reacts off-the-cuff, all of the time. shoots from the hip. so he s hot-headed, he has a bit of a temper, he says things that he regrets. he changes his mind about things. he s the most three-dimensional of the three dies isciples. significantly, 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. 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.
he has a bit of a temper on him. he ll say things which he then regrets and 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 siemian and he appears to have been renamed by jesus, peter or kifas 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 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 their message here to the holy city itself.
for chris chant, peter s presence in rome is ultimately not very important. what is important for chris chant is that the message of jesus did get to rome to the heart of the empire, and from there it went out to the world. peter is a key figure that lots of people love. he links jesus with the mission of the early church so he s a key figure in that sense. but he s also a very human character that we can all relate to. he has his failings. he is overenthusiastic at times. he keeps getting things wrong, but ultimately he pulls through it. the question really isn t whether peter made it to rome. but the real question is whether peter s life affected rome and transformed rome. you cannot go to rome and say that peter did not make it to rome. rome was forever changed by the