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The Disciples: Simon Peter

July 5, 2019 Leave a comment

We have been looking at the life of Jesus through the eyes of the witnesses of his birth and death. However, what about his life? Other, than his mother, those who knew him best were his inner circle, the twelve disciples. But who were these men? What do we know about them and what happened to them after Jesus ascension […]

Peter, the Rock

April 6, 2018 Leave a comment

<img width="300" height="225" src="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/007-lumo-jesus-disciples.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1" class="alignleft wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7447" data-permalink="https://dianaleaghmatthews.com/peter-fisherman-named-simon/007-lumo-jesus-disciples/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/007-lumo-jesus-disciples.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-orig-size="300,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="007-lumo-jesus-disciples" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Simon Peter and his brother, Andrew</p> " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/007-lumo-jesus-disciples.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/dianaleaghmatthews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/007-lumo-jesus-disciples.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" />

Have you ever heard of Peter referred to as a rock and wondered why? When you look up the meaning of the name Peter it says stone or rock. Remember when Jesus gave him the name and we discussed the name Cephas {which is what Jesus named Peter} means stone or rock. Jesus is just re-iterating Peter’s name in Matthew […]

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The Disciples: Simon Peter

Peter, the Rock