Who Wrote 1 Peter?

The first word of 1 Peter is the author's name, Petros, and he identifies himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ.

There is little questions that the letter purports to be from the person we know as Simon, who was called "Rock" by the Lord Jesus.

Dennis Edwards explains more in this video.

[dashriprock]

Thank you sir. Also, I find it strange to think two men filled with the Holy Spirit would find it necessary to to copy one or the other. The bible has one author.

[DesGardius-megf]

Saying that 1st Peter was written by Peter because it says so in the beginning is like saying that an anonymous email claiming to wire you millions of dollars if you give your bank routing number is from the Prince of Nigeria because it says it's from the Prince of Nigeria.

[TheRewardForHumility]

Thank you. Either way God knew 1 Peter was to be in the Bible for our generation. God Bless!

[jasonnelson]

He would have had to have a scribe do this for him. A fisherman would not have been educated in writing Aramaic, Hebrew, or Greek. His scribe would have been a slave. 1 Peter also encourages slave obedience.

[Bijbelstudies]

Firstly we believe The Bible to be true from cover to cover. Secondly Peter says in The Bible het wrote this book. Thirdly so I believe it to be true because The Bible says so. End of discussion.

[christopherskipp]

So what is the upshot of the speaker? Oh, ok, he just said the author is who he purports to be. Fine. What about 2 Peter?

[Blackemporer]

No sir, there is no such evidence in fact acts 4 :13 does clearly state that both Peter and John were illiterate.

[woohoo]

One clarifications. Peter doesn’t state he was with Jesus, he simply says he was an apostle OF Jesus. Apostle is not the same as a disciple.Paul was an Apostle but not a disciple. It is possible that Peter could have been both but I want to clarify that nowhere in 1Peter does he say he knew Jesus personally. Paul also never knew Jesus personally. Thanks 🙏

[EVERLASTINGGOSPEL]

a FEW similarities lol.. More like THE ENTIRE writing was from Paul. You would have to be SLEEP to not see this letter was written by Paul or someone trying to verify Paul the FRAUD.

[alcarbo]

Peter wrote it, end of story, I could care less about the far fetched conspiracy theories of Atheist scholars who hold the highest of high scrutiny on Christianity

[bonsaitomato]

This sounds like quite a stretch. You are straining credulity to make this argument. Only apologists believe this letter is authentic not scholars. Education standards in Galilee where very low, less than 5% knew how to write at all and to write with the sophistication that the letters are written Peter would have had to be in the top 1% of literate persons to even dictate such a heavily theologically ladened document.
Believe what you want but you are taking the stand akin to determining the earth is flat by looking at the horizon and saying you didn’t see any curve.

[JD-uyjs]

They don't want you to know the truth about Peter. He didn't write this book. His writings are in the Homilies and Recognitions. Also, saul/paul was a false 13 self proclaimed 'apostle' who wrote 13 deceiving books of the NT...this is the truth.