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The House of Peter dates back to around the first
century. This house is claimed to be the house in which Jesus’ disciples went
to pray and live after his death for at a short period of time. The walls
have inscriptions that say “Lord,” “Christ” and “Peter.” The building itself has walls made similarly to dry
wall. The building seems as if it was first made of one room built in the
early first century, and eight more rooms built around it 500 years later. It
also appeared to be a part of an “insula” (“a complex of small single-storey
residential rooms and courtyards”) Lady Egeria, a Spanish pilgrim coming to see the holy
land, described the place as a house with its original walls, made into a
church. Later on, in the second half of the fifth century this building was
made into a basilica, with an octagonal church enshrined around it. This
discover is very important, because it enforces Jesus’ apostles roles after
his life. The house helps to prove that the apostles continued to live and
possibly spread Jesus’ word. jewishvirtuallibrary.org http://njministries.org/njm/petershome.html |
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