[nmh]

Matt.8:14

[14] And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

Nothing here indicates Peter's wife was dead. It's unwise to change God's Word to fit it with "tradition".

[ninenot]

Please demonstrate where in this passage Peter's wife is ALIVE. We know with certainty only that his MOTHER-IN-LAW was alive, but sick.

And you've ignored the other entirely valid thesis: that Peter, of his own volition and with the consent of his wife (if she was still alive) gave up the use of marriage for the sake of the Kingdom.

It's been done by others, too...