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Peter Figures It Out
When Did Peter
Know Jesus was the Christ?
James Patrick Holding
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Skeptic Sam Gibson
is the only person I have seen thus far raise this one, and little wonder:
And Jesus
answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh
and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in
heaven. - Matthew 16:17 (also Mark 8:29)
He first
findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the
Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. - John 1:41
Sam wants to know
when it is that Peter figured out Jesus was the Christ, but Sam I Am
do not read too well, perhaps am taking reading lessons from I. R. Baboon.
(Relevant popular culture reference, there.) John 1:41 isn't a picture
of Simon Peter figuring it out; it's a picture of Peter's brother Andrew figuring
it out and telling Peter. What Peter figured out from that is not related
-- but since this seems to be John's place for significant confessions
(as Nathaniel's a few verses later) it seems likely that Peter had some
doubts about Andrew's excitement, and didn't "get the point" at this
time -- but did later, around when Matt and Mark say he did. So the real
question is, when is Sam going to learn to read?
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