160, represents an accumulation of the Jewish-Christian polemic that had developed throughout the second century. It often seems to stand in direct continuity with the polemic against the synagogue in John, and this offers another reason for not dating the final form of John too early in the first century. There is symbolic but relatively clear witness in 21:18–19 to the fact that Peter had died by crucifixion, an event that took place in the mid-60s. Moreover, if the BD is a historical figure, as