[flevit]

not trying to prove anything.

just trying to find out more on this subject...

shimon bar yonah, found in a 1 cent, christian burial ground, with names like lazarus, mary, martha, shappira,

again you could be right (not conclusive), but its not a "lack of evidence"

[HarleyD]

Here is an interesting statement from Eusebius:

"For whoever knows him can understand that nothing was condemned by Nero unless it was something of great excellence. Thus publicly announcing himself as the first among God's chief enemies, he was led on to the slaughter of the apostles. It is, therefore, recorded that Paul was beheaded in Rome itself, and that Peter likewise was crucified under Nero."

Ref: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250102.htm

I found the last sentence interesting. Eusebius doesn't say Peter was crucified in Rome, only that he was crucified by Nero. He makes a clear distinction between Paul (who was crucified in Rome) and Peter (who ???). I suppose its possible Peter could have been crucified elsewhere and his body buried in the cemetary. I'll have to do more research into this.

[ventana]

One of the Ossuaries also said Yeshua (Jesus) on it.

What might that be that evidence of?

Peter was held in VERY high regard while he was in Jerusalem. People used to bring their sick and lay them at the side of the street he walked on just so his shadow would fall on them (Acts further says many were healed just from that). If the Jesus inscription was a dedication rather than the name of the owner of the bones (as claimed in the second article), so might the the inscription of Simon Bar Jonah.

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