After
you read the 1st letter of Peter let’s take a look at Peter its
author as the events of his life as recounted in the NT will help us as we
study 1 Peter and its importance in our lives today. Below is a quick outline of events concerning Peter from Nave’s Topical Bible
Peter
• Also called SIMON
BAR-JONA and CEPHAS (Matthew 16:16-19; Mark 3:16; John 1:42)
• A fisherman (Matthew
4:18; Luke 5:1-7; John 21:3)
• Call of (Matthew 4:18-20;
Mark 1:16-18; Luke 5:1-11)
• His mother-in-law healed
(Matthew 8:14; Mark 1:29, 30; Luke 4:38)
• An apostle (Matthew 10:2;
16:18, 19; Mark 3:16; Luke 6:14; Acts 1:13)
• An evangelist (Mark 1:36,
37)
• Confesses Jesus to be the
Messiah (Matthew 16:16-19; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20; John 6:68, 69)
• His presumption
—In rebuking Jesus (Matthew
16:22, 23; Mark 8:32, 33)
—When the throng was
pressing Jesus and the woman with the blood disorder touched him (Luke 8:45)
—In refusing to let Jesus
wash Peter’s feet (John 13:6-11)
• Present
—At the healing of Jairus’
daughter (Mark 5:37; Luke 8:51)
—At the transfiguration
(Matthew 17:1-4; Mark 9:2-6; Luke 9:28-33; 2 Peter 1:16-18)
—In the garden of
Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:33-42; Luke 22:40-46)
• Seeks the interpretation
• Of the parable of the
steward (Luke 12:41)
• Of the law of forgiveness
(Matthew 18:21)
• Of the law of defilement
(Matthew 15:15)
• Of the prophecy of Jesus
concerning his second coming (Mark 13:3, 4)
• Walks upon the water of
Lake Galilee (Matthew 14:28-31)
• Sent with John to prepare
the Passover meal (Luke 22:8)
• Calls attention to the
withered fig tree (Mark 11:21)
• His treachery foretold by
Jesus, and his profession of fidelity (Matthew 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke
22:31-34; John 13:36-38)
• Cuts off the ear of
Malchus (Matthew 26:51; Mark 14:47; Luke 22:50)
• Follows Jesus to the high
priest’s palace (Matthew 26:58; Mark 14:54; Luke 22:54; John 18:15)
• His denial of Jesus, and
his repentance (Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 22:55-62; John 18:17, 18,
25-27)
• Visits the gravesite of
Jesus (Luke 24:12; John 20:2-6)
• Jesus sends message to,
after the resurrection (Mark 16:7)
• Jesus appears to (Luke
24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:4, 5)
• Present at Lake Tiberias
when Jesus appeared to his disciples; jumps into the water, and comes to shore
when Jesus is recognized; is commissioned to feed the flock of Christ (John
21:1-23)
• Lives in Jerusalem (Acts
1:13)
• His statement in front of
the disciples concerning the death of Judas, and his recommendation that the
vacancy in the apostleship be filled (Acts 1:15-22)
• Preaches on Pentecost day
(Acts 2:14-40)
• Heals the immobile man in
the portico of the temple (Acts 3)
• Accused by the council;
his defense (Acts 4:1-23)
• Foretells the death of
Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11)
• Imprisoned and scourged;
his defense before the council (Acts 5:17-42)
• Goes to Samaria (Acts
8:14)
• Prays for the reception
of the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit (Acts 8:15-18)
• Rebukes Simon, the
sorcerer, who desires to purchase this power (Acts 8:18-24)
• Returns to Jerusalem
(Acts 8:25)
• Receives Paul (Galatians
1:18; 2:9)
• Visits Lydda; heals
Aeneas (Acts 9:32-34)
• Visits Joppa; stays with
Simon, the tanner; raises Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:36-43)
• Has a vision of a sheet
containing ceremonially clean and unclean animals (Acts 10:9-16)
• Receives the servant of
the centurion; goes to Caesarea; preaches and immerses the centurion and his
household (Acts 10)
• Advocates the preaching
of the gospel to the Gentiles in the hearing of the apostles and elders (Acts
11:1-18; 15:7-11)
• Imprisoned and delivered
by an angel (Acts 12:3-19)
• Writes two epistles (1
Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1)
The Chart below is from the ESV Study Bible.
Other Informative Resources concerning Peter.
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