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Peter son of Jonah

Mt 16:17 “Simon Bar-Jonah!”


Jonah

Peter

Appointed by God

to go to Nineveh (Jon 1:1-2)

to build Jesus's Church (Mt 16:19)

Proclaimed God’s message to Gentiles, specifically enemies of Israel

for the people of Nineveh, the Assyrians, to repent from their sins (Jon 3)

to Roman Cornelius (Acts 10) and the Church tradition that Peter went to Rome codename Babylon (1 Pet 5:13).


  • Appointed by God: for Jonah to go to Nineveh (Jon 1:1-2); for Peter to build Jesus's Church (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).

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