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- There is no allusion to Rome in either of his epistles. Paul’s journey to the city is recorded in great detail (Acts 27 and 28). There is in fact no New Testament evidence, nor any historical proof of any kind, that Peter ever was in Rome. All rests on legend.”
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May 16, 2024 · If Peter was the Apostle to the circumcised, why would Peter go to Rome? Emperor Claudius had expelled all the Jews from Rome. (Acts 18:2) Paul went to Rome, but there is no evidence in the Bible that Peter went to Rome.
Aug 10, 2023 · Answer. The Bible does not explicitly mention Peter going to Rome in either the book of Acts or the Epistles. The closest biblical reference is found in the final greetings of 1 Peter, “She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark” (1 Peter 5:13).
From AD 49 till AD 54 (during the Jewish expulsion from Rome), we find Saint Peter reigning temporarily in Antioch. This is why Peter is known also as the first bishop of Antioch. It was the first “Babylonian captivity” of the Pope.
Mar 5, 2022 · The Catholic Encyclopedia maintains that Peter was in Rome, saying, “St. Peter’s residence and death in Rome are established beyond contention as historical facts by a series of distinct testimonies extending from the end of the first to the end of the second centuries.”
1 day ago · Peter disappears from the narrative in Acts 12 around the year 42, with Luke writing, “he departed and went to another place.” St. Jerome claims this was the year Peter journeyed to Rome, where he would serve as its bishop until his crucifixion 25 years later.
Around 100 C.E., the New Testament First Letter of Peter locates Peter in Rome—but rather cryptically. That is, it describes the sender of the letter as “the elect one in Babylon”—a first-century code word for Rome, the oppressive empire of the day (1 Peter 5:12–13).
Oct 9, 2024 · Further early evidence for the tradition is found in the Letter to the Romans by St. Ignatius, the early 2nd-century bishop of Antioch. It is probable that the tradition of a 25-year episcopate of Peter in Rome is not earlier than the beginning or the middle of the 3rd century.