The Gospel of Mark Chapter 1:29-45 Healing of Peter’s Mother-in-Law 1:29 “And immediately after they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John” Mark says that Jesus entered the house with Andrew, James, and John (1:29). Jesus was also told of this situation as He entered the home (Mark 1:30). The synagogue that Jesus had just been in was the synagogue in Capernaum (Luke 4:31), where He has just healed a man of demon-possession. 1:30 “Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they spoke to Him about her” Peter was a married man. Years later, Peter is still a married man, for Paul notes that Peter and the rest of the apostles had believing wives who traveled with them (1 Corinthians 9:5); and Peter calls himself an “elder” (1 Peter 5:1), which means that he had to be the husband of one wife and have believing children (Titus 1:5-6). Of course, all of this really contradicts the claim that Peter was the first Pope and that the Pope, must be celibate.
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