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Peter was Jewish. He was married. The Bible does not hide that. His name was Simon [Matthew 16:17]. He came from Bethsaida in Galilee [John 1:44]. His brother Andrew followed John the Baptist [John 1:35–40].
Peter also lived by Jewish customs. In Acts 10, God had to give him a vision before he would even go to the Gentiles [Acts 10:9–16, 28]. Later, Paul corrected him for pulling back from Gentile believers because of pressure from Jews [Galatians 2:11–14].
Pagan Rome, under Nero, crucified Peter, upside-down because Peter was preaching the Gospel of Christ and Christians were seen as a threat.
After the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64, Nero blamed Christians to shift suspicion away from himself. Christians refused emperor worship, preached another King, Jesus Christ, and refused to bow to Rome’s gods. That made them look dangerous to a pagan empire.
Peter was not killed because Rome loved him or made him pope. Rome killed him because he preached Christ. Peter was not Roman Catholic. He was a Jewish apostle who followed the Jewish Messiah to his death.
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