Loading…

1 & 2 Peter/Jude: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Peter is without question the most prominent of the disciples of Jesus. Based on Peter's prominent role, one would expect any letters associated with Peter to play an equally significant role among the New Testament canonical writings. But this has not been the case. This inattention is unfortunate, because 1 Peter contains significant theology and pastoral care. Wherever the church has...

(A.D. 98–117). We know that Christians experienced persecution during their reigns. The persecution described in the letter could have transpired during the reign of Nero. Peter was eventually martyred on Nero’s orders (Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 3.1.2–3). If Peter was the author, it was probably written from Rome sometime before Nero’s persecution of Christians began, that is, between A.D. 62 and 64. First Peter obviously resembles the style of Paul’s letters.
Page 34
Buy this book at Logos.com