"Kelly of the Phoenix, post: 5787113, member: 58387"An arrogant troll who wanted to have as much street cred as Jesus and would do anything to promote himself.
So peter delebarately puts himself in harms way for a known lie too, just like paul?
He didn't witness it. So, yeah, he's a false witness.
So, he puts himself in harms way for this known lie? Heres a bunch of verses showing what he went through.
14 Bible verses about Persecution Of The Apostle Paul
Heres one id like to quote here. 2 corinthians 11:24
" I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,
26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.
27I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
28Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?"
Yes, people go blind if they stare at the sun for too long.
I take it this is sarcasm and not a serious rebuttal? Atleast id hope.
Note he doesn't stick around in Jerusalem, but heads out into the backwoods, so to speak, to make churches FAR from the apostles. Also, he didn't feel he SHOULD be persecuted, or he wouldn't advertise his Roman citizenship, and remember being Hellenized was about the worst thing you could be in many Jewish circles, to try to get out of it.
This is false. They wer suppose to spread the "gospel" message. To do that they needed to value there lives and try to stay alive. Plus, it wasnt about dying for the message, it was about the message itself and living it. Dying for it just gave ot credability. Which it DID THAT.
The Romans were about to do a large crackdown on Jews. He didn't want to be a Jew anymore. Simple as pie.
The romans did a big crack down on christians, of which paul was one. Weak argument.
Or, as I said, Rome was about to do nasty things to Jews and like many Jews, decided Judaism wasn't worth their funerals.
So, they thought being christians was worth there funerals then huh? Lol, weak. Are you even being serious?
He tried to get out of it. Why bring up Roman citizenship, which conferred certain rights, if he just wanted to die for his beliefs?
He didnt want to die, he wanted to stay alive in order to keep spreading the message, but he refused to recant under pressure, thus giving his claims credability.