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To: Servant of the 9
See the Apostle Peter's inquiry about a 'guest wife' for himself while in Rome.

Book, chapter and verse please. I can't find anything about this in the bible

56 posted on 02/02/2005 10:10:46 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: John O; Servant of the 9
Matthew 8:14 (NIV): When Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw Peter's motherinlaw lying in bed with a fever.

1 Corinthians 9:5 (NIV):Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas

Peter was married.

Tertullian and Origen write that he suffered crucifixion. Origen says: "Peter was crucified at Rome with his head downwards, as he himself had desired to suffer". Probably at Nero's Gardens on the Vatican, according to Tacitus, the site of the Neronian persecution.

There is a non-canonical (i.e., untrustworthy, like the NYT) "Acts of Peter" that describes an incident where Roman women withdrew from their husbands after hearing Peter preach. Likely Servant of the 9, having trouble in bright lights, misinterpreted that apocryphal book.

68 posted on 02/02/2005 10:52:25 AM PST by Woodworker ("Damned if you Don't Do at least some of the research.")
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