Elsewhere in the Bible, Simon Peter is also called Cephas (or Kephas). Cephas is from the word for ROCK in Aramaic, the language Jesus and the Apostles commonly spoke. In John 1:42, Jesus renames ...

Col. 1:18). The Holy Apostle Peter, who bore the name Simon before being called, was the elder brother of the Apostle Andrew the First-Called, and a fisherman. He was married, and had children. As St.

393 A.D. "Simon Peter, the son of John, from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, brother of Andrew the apostle, and himself chief of the apostles, after having been bishop of the ...

According to the New Testament scripture, Andrew the Apostle was a fisherman, along with his brother Simon Peter, who he later also introduced to Jesus Christ. Jesus is said to have called upon ...

the apostles were not immune from getting sidetracked, losing their focus, and misdirecting their energy. The Bible gives us ...