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Then I came to Bethel, the house of God! And I taught for six years and watched students, teachers, and administrators die of cancer: Sue Port, Paul Greely, Bob Bergerud, Ruth Ludeman, Graydon Held, Chet Lindsay, Mary Ellen Carlson — all Christians, all dead before their three score and ten were up.
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23 wrz 2015 · There was a moment when doctors told John Piper they detected cancer in his body. Thankfully it was treatable. But in that moment, in the hospital, when a doctor first voiced concern, Pastor John was left alone in a room.
30 kwi 2023 · As far as we know, Peter and Paul died in Rome in the mid 60s. According to most scholars the Book of Acts is dated to 80+, sometimes as late as 120. Given how often the book mentions Peter and especially Paul, you'd expect there to be at least one verse about their ultimate fate.
Augustine speaks (quoting Apocryphal Acts) of a daughter of Peter struck with palsy at the prayer of her father. Ptolemaeus, unable to win the maiden by fair means, comes and carries her off. Peter hears of it and prays God to protect her. His prayer is heard. She is struck with palsy on one side of her body.
The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Christianity, dating to the late 2nd century AD. The majority of the text has survived only in the Latin translation of the Codex Vercellensis, under the title Actus Petri cum Simone ("Act of Peter with Simon").
27 mar 2003 · Abstract. Like the other Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles - stories of the exploits of the key figures of early Christianity - the Acts of Peter provides a window into the processes of oral and written composition that shaped early Christian narrative.
Turning to Peter’s imprisonment in 12:1–19, several features of Peter’s characterization are reinforced once more. Peterson notes that despite Peter’s imprisonment, Luke “highlights the fact that Peter was sleeping (κοιμώμενος as a present participle emphasising a continuing state of sleep).
