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To: piusv
Having said that, did Peter stay with his wife when he followed Jesus?

Well, considering that Jesus went to Peter's house and healed his mother-in-law from a fever she had, one could conclude, yes.

182 posted on 06/23/2014 12:08:00 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: metmom; piusv

I heard an interesting point on Catholic Answers Radio about a month ago on this issue.

Apparently, Scripture records St. Peter had a mother-in-law yes, but no where does it record his wife was still alive, either when he met Jesus or anytime after that.

So it’s entirely possible he was a widower when he met Jesus.

Also, and this is what I found particularly interesting I don’t know why I didn’t think of it, he was at his mother-in-law’s house and she was the one waiting on them. I do believe if his wife was alive at the time, she would have been the one waiting on them at his (their) house.


188 posted on 06/23/2014 12:20:01 PM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: metmom
Don't you KNOW that the Greek word for MIL can ALSO mean EX/former mil???

Keep the faith; cousin!

219 posted on 06/23/2014 3:28:55 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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