Person New Testament
Peter
Also known as Simon Peter, Simon, Cephas
Peter, originally Simon, was a fisherman from Galilee whom Jesus called to follow Him and renamed Peter. He confessed Jesus as the Christ, denied Him during the trial, was restored after the resurrection, and preached the first sermon at Pentecost.
Why it matters. Peter's story shows both the failure and the restoration of a disciple, and his Pentecost sermon is the first public proclamation of the risen Jesus.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
Connections
Peter participates in The calling of the first disciples
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceNamed in the Gospel accounts of the call beside the Sea of Galilee.
Peter participates in The raising of Jairus's daughter
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceNamed in Mark and Luke among those who entered the house where the girl was raised.
Peter witnesses The raising of Jairus's daughter
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceAdmitted with the parents to the room where the girl was raised.
Evidence:Peter participates in Jesus walks on the water
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMatthew records Peter walking toward Jesus on the water, sinking, and being caught by His hand.
Evidence:Peter participates in Peter's confession at Caesarea Philippi
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter answers that Jesus is the Christ and is then rebuked for resisting the cross.
Peter participates in The transfiguration
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceOne of the three disciples Jesus took up the mountain.
Peter witnesses The transfiguration
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceOne of the three who saw Jesus transfigured; 2 Peter later appeals to that eyewitness memory.
Evidence:Peter participates in Jesus sets out for Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter is among the Twelve Jesus takes aside to foretell His death; Mark records the disciples' fear on the road.
Evidence:Peter participates in The Olivet discourse
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMark names Peter, James, John, and Andrew as the disciples who asked the question privately.
Evidence:Peter participates in Jesus washes the disciples' feet
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter first refuses and then asks to be washed entirely.
Evidence:Peter participates in The farewell discourse
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter asks where Jesus is going and hears that he will deny Him.
Evidence:Peter participates in Gethsemane
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus takes Peter and the two sons of Zebedee further into the garden and finds them sleeping.
Evidence:Peter participates in The arrest of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJohn names Simon Peter as the disciple who struck the high priest's servant.
Evidence:Peter witnesses The trial before the Sanhedrin
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter follows at a distance into the high priest's courtyard while the hearing takes place.
Evidence:Peter participates in Peter denies Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter denies Jesus three times in the courtyard.
Evidence:Peter witnesses The resurrection of Jesus
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter runs to the empty tomb, and Paul lists an appearance to Cephas.
Peter participates in The empty tomb is discovered
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Peter participates in Jesus appears to the gathered disciples
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Peter participates in Jesus appears by the Sea of Galilee
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Peter participates in Jesus appears to more than five hundred
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Peter participates in Matthias is chosen to replace Judas
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Peter participates in Pentecost
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePeter stands with the Eleven and delivers the sermon.
Evidence:Peter participates in The healing at the Beautiful Gate
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Peter participates in Cornelius and the first Gentile believers
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
Evidence:Follow Cornelius and the first Gentile believers in the graph
Peter participates in The council at Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe text names Peter in this event at the cited verses.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 179 verses across 9 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
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Matthew (26 verses)
4:188:1410:214:2814:2915:1516:1616:1716:1816:2216:2317:117:417:2417:2517:2618:2119:2726:3326:3526:3726:4026:5826:6926:7326:75
Mark (24 verses)
1:161:291:301:363:165:378:298:328:339:29:510:2811:2113:314:2914:3314:3714:5414:6614:6714:7014:7216:616:7
Luke (26 verses)
4:385:35:45:55:85:106:148:458:519:209:289:329:3312:4118:2822:822:3122:3422:5422:5522:5822:6022:6122:6224:1224:34
John (34 verses)
1:401:411:421:446:86:6813:613:813:913:2413:3613:3718:1018:1118:1518:1618:1718:1818:2518:2618:2720:220:320:420:621:221:321:721:1121:1521:1621:1721:2021:21
Acts (57 verses)
1:131:152:142:372:383:13:33:43:63:113:124:84:134:195:35:85:95:155:298:148:209:329:349:389:399:4010:510:910:1310:1410:1710:1810:1910:2110:2310:2510:2610:3210:3410:4410:4510:4611:211:411:711:1312:312:512:612:712:1112:1312:1412:1612:1815:715:14
1 Corinthians (4 verses)
Galatians (6 verses)
1 Peter (1 verse)
2 Peter (1 verse)