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Peter
Πέτρος
- verses
- 179
- first named
- Matthew 4:18
- last named
- 2 Peter 1:15
- period
- the New Testament
- role
- Apostle
Description
Who was Peter?
Peter, originally named Simon, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ and played a crucial role in the early Christian church. He was the son of Jonah (or John) and the brother of Andrew, who introduced him to Jesus (Jhn.1.40-42). Jesus gave him the name Cephas (Aramaic) or Peter (Greek), which means "rock" (Jhn.1.42, Mat.16.18).
Peter was a fisherman from Bethsaida in Galilee (Jhn.1.44) and was married (Mat.8.14; 1Co.9.5). He became one of Jesus' closest disciples, known for his bold faith and leadership. He was part of Jesus' inner circle, witnessing key events such as the Transfiguration (Mat.17.1-9) and Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane (Mrk.14.32-42).
Despite his devotion, Peter denied knowing Jesus three times during Jesus' trial (Luk.22.54-62). After Jesus' resurrection, Peter was restored and commissioned to lead the church (Jhn.21.15-19). On the day of Pentecost, Peter preached powerfully, and about 3,000 people were baptized (Act.2.14-41).
Peter was instrumental in spreading the gospel to both Jews and Gentiles. He performed miracles (Act.3.1-10; 9.32-43) and defended the inclusion of Gentiles in the church (Acts 10-11; Act.15.7-11). He wrote two epistles, 1 and 2 Peter, to encourage and instruct believers facing persecution.
Tradition holds that Peter was martyred in Rome during Nero's reign, crucified upside down at his request, as he felt unworthy to die in the same manner as Jesus.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
The 10 best-attested of 16 are drawn. All 16 are listed below.
Associated with
Child of
- JohnregistryMatthew 16:17
Located in
Partner of
- a wife of Peterregistry, no verse
- JamesLuke 5:10
- JohnLuke 5:10
Sibling of
- AndrewregistryMatthew 4:18Matthew 10:2Mark 1:16 +3
Stands in the same events as
- Jesus55 events
- John32 events
- James15 events
- Andrew12 events
- Cornelius6 events
- Herod6 events
- Moses3 events
- Paul3 events
- Elijah3 events
- Javan3 events
- Joppa3 events
- Simon3 events
and 52 more, ordered by how many events they share.
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Peter is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
179 verses across 9 of 66 books; 57 write the name nowhere. Named in Matthew (26), Mark (24), Luke (26), John (34), Acts (57), 1 Corinthians (4), Galatians (6), 1 Peter (1) and 2 Peter (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 179, across 9 books. The name is written 222 times in them.
Matthew26 verses
4:188:1410:214:2814:2915:1516:1616:1716:1816:2216:2317:117:417:2417:2517:2618:2119:2726:3326:3526:3726:4026:5826:6926:7326:75
Mark24 verses
1:161:291:301:363:165:378:298:328:339:29:510:2811:2113:314:2914:3314:3714:5414:6614:6714:7014:7216:616:7
Luke26 verses
4:385:35:45:55:85:106:148:458:519:209:289:329:3312:4118:2822:822:3122:3422:5422:5522:5822:6022:6122:6224:1224:34
John34 verses
1:401:411:421:446:86:6813:613:813:913:2413:3613:3718:1018:1118:1518:1618:1718:1818:2518:2618:2720:220:320:420:621:221:321:721:1121:1521:1621:1721:2021:21
Acts57 verses
1:131:152:142:372:383:13:33:43:63:113:124:84:134:195:35:85:95:155:298:148:209:329:349:389:399:4010:510:910:1310:1410:1710:1810:1910:2110:2310:2510:2610:3210:3410:4410:4510:4611:211:411:711:1312:312:512:612:712:1112:1312:1412:1612:1815:715:14
1 Corinthians4 verses
Galatians6 verses
1 Peter1 verse
2 Peter1 verse
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Matthew 4Peter leaves his nets at Jesus’ call and follows Him.
- Matthew 10Peter is named first among the twelve apostles sent out by Jesus.
- Matthew 14Peter stepped out of the boat, walked towards Jesus on the water, and began to sink when he saw the strength of the wind.
- Matthew 15Peter asked Jesus to explain the saying about what defiles a man.
- Matthew 16Peter declares Jesus to be the Christ, receives a blessing and the keys of the kingdom of heaven, then takes Jesus aside to rebuke Him and is called Satan.
- Matthew 17Peter proposes three shelters on the mountain, fails to drive out the demon with the other disciples, and retrieves a coin from a fish.
- Matthew 18Peter asks Jesus how many times he must forgive a brother who sins against him, proposing seven times.
- Matthew 19Peter asks what awaits those who have left everything to follow Jesus.
42 more chapters, from Matthew 26 to 2 Peter 1
- Matthew 26Peter insisted he would never deny Jesus, slept in Gethsemane, followed to the courtyard, and denied Him three times before the rooster crowed.
- Mark 1Simon left his nets when Jesus called him to follow.
- Mark 3Simon was appointed among the Twelve and was named Peter by Jesus.
- Mark 5Peter accompanied Jesus into Jairus’s house.
- Mark 8Peter names Jesus as the Christ, then takes Him aside to rebuke Him and is rebuked in return.
- Mark 9Peter proposed three shelters when Jesus, Moses, and Elijah appeared on the mountain.
- Mark 10Peter tells Jesus that the disciples have left everything and followed Him.
- Mark 11Peter points out that the fig tree Jesus cursed has withered.
- Mark 13Peter joined James, John, and Andrew in asking Jesus privately about the temple’s fall and its signs.
- Mark 14Peter insists that he will never deny Jesus, sleeps at Gethsemane, follows to the high priest’s courtyard, and denies Him three times.
- Mark 16Peter is singled out by name as one who must be told that Jesus is going ahead into Galilee.
- Luke 4Peter's home receives Jesus, where Peter's mother-in-law is healed.
- Luke 5Peter let down the nets, marvelled at the catch, fell at Jesus’ knees, and then left everything behind.
- Luke 8Peter pointed out that the crowd was pressing around Jesus and later entered Jairus’s house with Him.
- Luke 9Peter named Jesus the Christ of God and, after waking on the mountain, proposed three shelters without knowing what he was saying.
- Luke 12Peter asks whether the parable is meant for the disciples or for everyone else as well.
- Luke 18Peter points out that he and the others have left everything to follow Jesus.
- Luke 22Peter prepared the Passover with John, followed Jesus at a distance, and denied knowing him three times.
- Luke 24Peter runs to the tomb, sees only the linen cloths, and goes away wondering what has happened.
- John 1Simon was brought to Jesus and received the name Peter.
- John 6Peter answers for the Twelve that Jesus has the words of eternal life.
- John 13Peter objected to having his feet washed, sent a question across the table, and promised to lay down his life for Jesus.
- John 18Peter followed Jesus into the courtyard, cut off Malchus’s ear, and denied being Jesus’ disciple three times.
- John 20Peter ran to the tomb behind the faster disciple, entered first, and examined the linen cloths.
- John 21Peter led the fishing expedition, leapt into the sea when he recognised Jesus, hauled ashore 153 fish, and answered Jesus three times.
- Acts 1Peter stands among about a hundred and twenty and explains why a witness must be chosen to take Judas’s place.
- Acts 2Peter stood with the Eleven, answered the bewildered crowd, and preached Jesus as Lord and Christ.
- Acts 3Peter told the man to look at him, took him by the hand, and explained to the crowd whose name had made him strong.
- Acts 4Peter spoke boldly before the rulers, naming Jesus as the source of the healing, and reported the threats to the believers.
- Acts 5Peter questioned Ananias and Sapphira, preached before the Sanhedrin, and kept teaching after the flogging.
- Acts 8Peter lays hands on the believers and rebukes Simon for thinking the gift of God could be bought.
- Acts 9Peter healed Aeneas, raised Tabitha, and stayed with Simon the tanner in Joppa.
- Acts 10Peter prayed on a rooftop, wrestled with a heavenly sheet of animals, went to Cornelius, preached, and ordered the household baptized.
- Acts 11Peter answered the challenge in Jerusalem by recounting the sheet from heaven, the three men from Caesarea, and the Spirit falling upon the Gentiles.
- Acts 12Peter escaped prison with an angel’s help, arrived at a praying household, and kept knocking while Rhoda argued his case from behind the gate.
- Acts 15Peter argued that God had cleansed Gentile hearts by faith and should not be tested with an unbearable yoke.
- 1 Corinthians 1Peter, named here as Cephas, is named as another banner in the Corinthian quarrel.
- 1 Corinthians 3Cephas is named alongside Paul and Apollos among the things belonging to the brothers.
- Galatians 1Cephas conferred with Paul for fifteen days in Jerusalem.
- Galatians 2Peter, called Cephas in the account, was entrusted with the apostleship to the circumcised, withdrew from Gentile table-fellowship, and was opposed publicly.
- 1 Peter 1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, addressed the elect scattered through five named regions.
- 2 Peter 1Peter urges a growing chain of virtue, promises to keep reminding his readers, and recalls hearing a voice from heaven on the holy mountain.
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