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SIMON PETER
SIMON PETER
Now, it
war not throughout the whole
church that Peter in the first period was held in less
esteem than the beloved disciple, that is to say, than
the John of Aria Minor. We must reflect, however,
that in the Fourth Gospel it ir not the entire church,
but only the of the John of Asia Minor that
is speaking. For the latter it really is true that tlre
beloved drrciple war iookrrl on as the first witness of
Christ, the risen one : but if it is added that Prrer took
his precedence from him, thir can only mean that the
estimate, according to ,vhich Peter was held to he the
most eminent of all the apostler, had gradually found
acceptance even in those circles which in the first period
had given the first place to John. The purpose (b) Even when we restrict ourselves to those accounts
of the passage before us, then, is to restrict thir high which may with confidence be accepted, caution is still
estimate of Peter, and to restore to John the placeof pm- necessarv lest we should take more out of them than we
eminence. 1 are entitied to do.
lcl , , The last mention in the series of oa.sueer . which 'rhe emohatic Iemonrtrmce made bv Peter axninrt the idea
reek to settle the relation between Peter and the beloved
disciple, is found in chap. 21. Here, however, the
tendencv is in the other direction.
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