"Which doesn't, of course, alter the fact that there were lots of Simons running around prior to AD70; what narrows the matter down to the proverbial eye of a needle is the fact that we have a Mary, Martha, and Lazarus together with a Simon Bar-Jonah all together in a cemetery specifically reserved for Jerusalem-area Jewish Christians." Don't you, dear readers, find it quite amusing that a man such as OrthodoxPresbyterian, who so rabbidly trumpets the Bible to be the source and end of all Christian teaching and tradition, is now attempting to commingle a case for his personal "Christian" beliefs with anthropology, presumption, and a matter the Bible is silent on? Anyone else thinking "Piltdown Man", or "James, the 'brother' of Jesus" in a jar??? LOL
"Anyone else thinking "Piltdown Man", or "James, the 'brother' of Jesus" in a jar??? LOL"
Exactly so!!! Any burial tomb of Peter would more likely have the name "Simon son of John" rather than "Simon son of Jonah", and the fact that the latter inscription has been found also indicates forgery. OP is going to be selling relics before you know it!
BTW have you heard about the most recent archaeological evidence about John Calvin that they've found in Geneva....?
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