Letter 102 — The Sender: Two Charcoal Fires (1 Peter 1)
Simon Peter denied Jesus three times beside a charcoal fire and was restored beside another one. Some thirty years later he wrote from Rome, which he called Babylon, to Gentile believers who were about to be asked the same question.
In this letter
- Simon of Bethsaida, the fisherman Jesus named a stone
- The two charcoal fires of John 18 and John 21
- Luke 22:32 and the charge to strengthen the brethren
- Babylon as a name for Rome, and the tradition Eusebius records
- Silvanus, Mark, and the question of who held the pen
- Five provinces, the courier's road, and Gentiles handed Israel's exile…
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