– Servant and apostle of Jesus Christ:
2Peter 1 :1 : Simon Peter, servant and apostle of Jesus Christ.
– It was constituted by Jesus as the foundation of his Church and from him he received the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven:
Mt 16,13-19 : And I tell you: you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church.
– Called to be fishers of men:
Mt 4,18-20 : Simon (called Peter) and Andrew, his brother, who cast the net into the sea, as they were fishermen.
Mk 1,16-18 : He saw Simon and Andrew, his brother, casting their nets into the sea, as they were fishermen.
Lc 5,1-11 : Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching men.
– He received the name of Cephas:
Jn 1,40-42 : Jesus, fixing his gaze on him, said: “You are Simon, son of John; you will be called Cephas (which means stone)”.
– Sent by Jesus on mission along with the other apostles:
Mt 10,2 : These are the names of the twelve apostles: the first, Simon, called Peter; then Andre.
Mk 3:16 : He chose these twelve: Simon, whom he named Peter.
– Walked on the waters of the Sea of Galilee:
Mt 14,22-33 : Soon after, Jesus forced his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side.
Mk 6,45-56 : He went to them in the fourth watch of the night, walking on the sea.
Jn 6,16-21 : When the evening arrived, his disciples went down to the shore of the lake.
– Had her mother-in-law healed by Jesus:
Mt 8,14 : Then Jesus went to the house of Peter, whose mother-in-law was in bed with a fever.
– Expressed his faith in Jesus:
Mt 16,13-20 : According to the people, who is the Son of Man?
Mk 8,27-39 : And along the way he asked them: “Who do people say that I am?”.
Lk 9,18-22 : One day when he was praying alone with his disciples, he asked them: “Who do they say that I am?”.
– Jesus took him and was transfigured before him, James and John:
Mt 17 :1 : Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James and John with him […] and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Mk 9,2-13 : And he was transfigured before them. Her garments became resplendent and of such whiteness.
Lc 9,28-36 : After about eight days, Jesus took with him Peter, James and John, and went up to the mountain to pray.
– Jesus prayed for him:
Lc 22,31 : Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded you to sift you like wheat; but I prayed for you.
– Peter reacted to the arrest of Jesus and cut off Malco’s ear:
John 18:10 : Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant.
– Denied Jesus three times:
Mt 26,69-75 : Peter was sitting in the courtyard. […] “You too were with Jesus the Galilean”.
Mk 14,66-72 : He denied it: “I do not know, nor do I understand what you are saying”.
Lk 22,55-62 : They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it. Peter came to sit with them.
Jn 18:15-27 : “Are you not also one of the disciples of this man?” “I am not,” he replied.
– Jesus, after the Resurrection, demands Peter’s triple profession of love. Tradition has always noted the correlation between Jesus’ threefold protest of love and Peter’s three denials:
Jn 21,15-17 : “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”. He replied: “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you”.
– Addressed the word to the disciples:
Acts 1:15-26 : Peter stood up in the midst of his brothers, in the assembled assembly, which consisted of about one hundred and twenty people.
– Preached on the day of Pentecost:
Acts 2,14-42 : These men are not drunk, as you think, since it is not yet the third hour of the day.
– Healed a lame:
Acts 3,1-10 : In this they took a man who was lame from birth and they put them every day at the door of the temple.
– He spoke in Solomon’s portico:
Acts 3:11-26 : A crowd of onlookers gathered at the porch called Solomon.
– He spoke before the Sanhedrin:
Acts 4:1-12 : While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the head of the temple and the Sadducees came.
– Denounced Simon the magician:
Acts 8:14-24 : Having heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to her.
– Led by the Holy Spirit, he baptized the first foreigner, the centurion Cornelius:
Acts 10:1-46 : There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort.
– In Jerusalem, he justified his new dealings with the Gentiles:
Acts 11:1-18 : The apostles and brothers in Judea heard that even the Gentiles had received the Word of God.
– Arrested and released:
Acts 12,1-17 : At that same time, King Herod ordered the arrest of some members of the Church in order to mistreat them.
– Met with the other apostles and the elders at the council of Jerusalem:
Acts 15:4-21 : Arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the community, by the apostles and elders.
– Around 64 AD, he wrote his letters: 1Pd, 2Pd.
– Martyred in Rome in 64 or 67.
– See CEFAS.
