[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

This would mean that Peter wrote his first epistle from Jerusalem and not Rome or the real Babylon.

1 Peter 5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>This would mean that Peter wrote his first epistle from Jerusalem and not Rome or the real Babylon.<<<

>>>1 Peter 5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.<<<

The notion that Babylon represents Rome was made up out of thin air. There is no evidence of that connection, whatsoever; and there is certainly no evidence Peter wrote his epistle from Rome. In fact, there is not a whisper about Peter ever being in Rome. If you know of any, it would be much appreciated if you present it.

Peter and James appeared to spend their time in Jerusalem until the end; and there are some who believe they were the two witnesses who were killed in Jerusalem. If they were, it answers a lot of questions about the two witnesses.

Anyway, I will continue to believe that Peter wrote his epistle from "Babylon the Great," which was Jerusalem, until I see some evidence to the contrary.

Philip

[editor-surveyor]

Considering that Peter specifically calls out the Hebrew settlements of the area that was then known as Babylon as the intended recipients of the epistle, I suspect that was where he was when he wrote it.
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