[MarkBsnr]

Well, Peter was crucified upside down and apparently missing his feet (a likely way of taking him down off the cross), and you know that how??? How many Jewish (or Christian for that matter) places of burial do you think were lying around (so to speak)? Quite a few since there had been a significant Jewish presence there --- Besides, think of the magnificent metaphor. Peter, buried in the midst of the pagans he was sent to convert; St. Peter's, rising over their dead remains. or the Basilica rising above the corpse of Simon Magus, buried beneath it in the midst of his pagan followers on a hill [Vatican] named for the soothsayers, fortune tellers, seers, and pagan prophets who peddled their wares there. It gives new meaning to a church built upon such a foundation.

1. I know this how? Try Google. There are so many sources available that they may even satisfy you.

2. There weren't quite a few. There were none. If the Jews were chased by force out of Rome and the Christians were illegal, there weren't any, at least operational.

3. Christ sent his disciples (including all Christians) into the world of pagans. By word or deed or posting, we see those who would remain so.

[Uncle Chip]

1. I know this how? Try Google. There are so many sources available that they may even satisfy you.

Find the earliest. The first time we hear about an upside-down crucifixion is in the apocryphal Acts of Peter written about 170 - 190 AD. That is where the myth got started.

2. There weren't quite a few. There were none. If the Jews were chased by force out of Rome and the Christians were illegal, there weren't any, at least operational.

What does it take to operate a cemetery --- a shovel? And look on a map sometime of Rome and see all the Jewish cemeteries --- I wonder how ancient some of the old grave markers are?

Jews who were Roman citizens, like Paul, could still enter or remain in Rome even after Claudius's decree, but those who were not citizens, like Peter, would not even be permitted to enter. In the Book of Acts Paul meets with a group of Jewish elders when he arrives there in 60 AD. These must have been part of that community of Jews who were permitted to stay in Rome.