[Matthew 10:5] These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Do you have any idea why "The Twelve" were instructed not to go to the "Gentiles"? If you don't, at least you now know that Our Lord told them not to go there. Do you think Jesus was just talking to the wind here....or do you think it's possible he actually meant it?
Rome was Gentile! Babylon was not! [1 Peter 5:13] Now, if you were The Apostle Peter...and had received this direction from your Lord.......would you go to Rome?
Rome in the mid first century was the center of an empire and the largest city in the world. It had the largest Jewish population of anywhere outside of the Holy Land.
Babylon in the mid first century was an abandoned city in ruins with almost nobody living there.
The Church fathers were always in agreement that Babylon was code for Rome.
Which proves my point when I said to someone on this thread that Jesus extended his ministry to the Gentiles. Thanks.