Actually, there is a first century graveyard under the basilica in which the central grave has part of his name on the broken stone.Actually not even his martyrdom is historicaly recorded, it is one popular belief based on apocryphal book
Yes.This came out in an excavation about a half century ago.
I think it does more than imply. Surely if Peter’s wife were alive when Our Lord visited, she would be serving Him and so her mother-in-law would not need to do so.I always assumed that she had already died by the time Peter met Jesus. The Bible passage where Peter’s mother-in-law is healed by Jesus makes no mention of Peter’s wife, so it might imply that she was already deceased.
That’s only partly true. In St John’s Gospel 21:18-19 Jesus says to Peter “when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not.” St John then explains “And this he said, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had said this, he saith to him: “Follow me.”not even his martyrdom is historicaly recorded,
No he doesn’t. St Paul says ‘Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife/sister along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?’ so he is stating a hypothetical not a fact.Paul says that Peter used to take his (Peter’s) wife on his missionary tours (I Corinthians 9:5).
Some editions of the Jerusalem Bible have a footnote here clearly stating that those apostles who were married, including Peter, generally took their wives with them on their missionary travels.No he doesn’t. St Paul says ‘Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife/sister along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?’ so he is stating a hypothetical not a fact.
Agreed. The conclusion I draw from his is that, at least in Peter’s case, we don’t possess factual knowledge one way or the other. Nobody can state with certainty that Peter took his wife with him on his travels, and nobody can state with certainty that he didn’t.Footnotes on modern translations are no better than other traditions.
“wife” is a mistranslation. The Greek words literally mean “a woman believer”. St Paul is defending his right to have a women accompanying him to attend to his material needs whilst he was travelling and evangelising. Just as the other Apostles did and just as Jesus did. Please don’t anyone try to claim that Jesus had a wife!!Paul says Peter’s wife accompanied him.
No, it’s not a mistranslation. Greek has a single word, γυνή, for both “woman” and “wife.” See, for example, Matt 27:19, Pilate’s wife.“wife” is a mistranslation.
Only if you read “gynaika” to mean “wife”. But it is also the normal word for a woman (compare spanish “mujer”).Peter used to take his (Peter’s) wife on his missionary tours (I Corinthians 9:5).