Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies 3.1.1

Translation Stephen C. Carlson (2021) Comment Translation Stephen C. Carlson (2021)1 So Matthew, among the Hebrews in their own language, brought forth a writing of the gospel,2 when Peter and Paul in Rome were evangelizing and founding the church; after their departure Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, he too handed down to us …

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies 3.21.3-4

Translation Stephen C. Carlson (2021) Comment Translation Stephen C. Carlson (2021)1 3 But firm and not fabricated and the only true one is our faith, which has a clear proof from these scriptures which are translated in the way we have preached, and the proclamation of the Church is without interruption. For indeed the apostles, …

Commentary on Matthew 26:69-75

Notes (NET Translation) 69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." These events take place during the trial of Jesus (vv. 57-68). The reader can compare and contrast the actions of Jesus and Peter. "While Jesus holds up astonishingly …

Commentary on Matthew 4:18-22

Notes (NET Translation) 18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). Given the preceding passage (4:13), we might assume that Jesus was walking near Capernaum. Peter and Andrew were originally from Bethsaida …

Commentary on Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History 3.39

Text In H.E. 3.39, Eusebius of Caesarea provides both information about Papias and quotations from Papias: (1) There are extant five books of Papias, which bear the title Expositions of Oracles of the Lord. Irenaeus makes mention of these as the only works written by him, in the following words: "These things are attested by …

Review of Chapter 7 of Redating Matthew, Mark and Luke

Introduction Wenham's argument in this chapter can be outlined as follows: By the year 57 the church in Rome was famous and had been in contact with the apostle Paul for a number of years. Well-grounded tradition says this church was founded by the apostle Peter in the second year of the reign of Claudius. …

Authorship and Date of 2 Peter and Jude

Relationship Between 2 Peter and Jude The authorship and date of 2 Peter and Jude are treated in one post because there is a literary relationship between the two letters. In a number of verses the epistles have remarkable parallels, especially in the Greek (Davids 136-141; Schreiner 415-417): Jude 4: "For certain men have secretly …

Commentary on 2 Peter 1:1-2

Notes (NET Translation) 1:1 From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours. The author identifies himself as Jesus' famous disciple Simon Peter (Symeon Petros). He is both a slave (doulos) …

Authorship, Date, and Provenance of 1 Peter

Introduction In the case of 1 Peter the issues of authorship, date, and provenance are inter-related. A decision on one item can influence one's decision on another item. The traditional view is that the apostle Peter wrote the epistle in Rome prior to his martyrdom, which occured around AD 65 (Tertullian, Scorp. 15; Origen in …

Commentary on 1 Peter 1:1-2

Last updated: April 16, 2011 Notes (ESV translation) 1:1a Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, Jesus gave Simon the name Peter (Aramaic Kepa, Greek Petros), which means "rock" or "stone" (Mt 10:2; 16:18; Mk 3:16; Lk 6:14; Jn 1:42). According to John H. Elliott, in neither Aramaic nor Greek was the word a normal personal …