Peter son of Jonah

Mt 16:17 “Simon Bar-Jonah!”

• Appointed by God (Jon 1:1 & Mt 16:19)

• Proclaimed God’s message to Gentiles, specifically enemies of Israel: Jonah to the people of Nineveh, the Assyrians (Jon 3); Peter to Roman Cornelius (Acts 10) and the Church tradition that Peter went to Rome codename Babylon (1 Pet 5:13).