Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Religion Peter Peter Biographical Study of Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ Peter, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ, wrote First and Second Peter in 66 AD. He was the most prominent of the twelve disciples. He was also a leader, a fisherman, and a missionary in the early church. Peter had a great influence on the early church. He was named the first in the list of twelve. Peter often traveled for missionary activity with his wife."He was considered the rock on which the church was founded, because Jesus so designated him (see Matthew 16:16-19)." ( See " Peter, Saint" from Encarta ‘96) Peter was called by Jesus to be a disciple, often serving as their spokesman. At Caesarea Philippi, he told everyone that Jesus is the Messiah, and Jesus praised him for that. (Matthew 16:17) After Jesus' death, Peter denied Christ three times, and suffered for having done so. After Jesus' resurrection, his first appearance was to Peter. Peter played an important role in the church in Jerusalem, having asked to preach the gospel to his fellow Jews. Peter's original name was Simon. The Greek word for rock, is "petros". Peter is thus a metaphorical or symbolic name. This may have to do with the fact that Jesus saw Peter first after the resurrection. Peter was the son of John, and they were originally from Bethsaida (John 1:44). "During Jesus' ministry, they lived in Capernaum, at the northwest entry of the Sea of Galilee, where he and his brother Andrew were in partnership as fishermen with James and John, the sons of Zebedee." ( Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, page 330) Occasionally, Peter is depicted as rash and hasty. ( Luke 22:23 ) Often he is pictured as gentle but firm and, from his professions of love for Jesus Christ, he is seen as compassionate and loyal. Peter is mentioned in John 37 times out of 109 times in the four Gospels. He appears in only nine incidents. His former name, Simon, is mentioned only twice in the New Testament. Peter was martyred in AD 64. Bibliography: Word Count: 347
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