Petros (Peter)

Simon (later renamed Peter) was a fisherman from Bethsaida in Galilee, and was chosen by Christ along with Andrew his brother to be an ambassador.

Life

Fishers of Men

Matthew 4:18 And walking by the sea of Galilaia He saw two men, Simon who is called Petros and Andreas his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And He says to them: “Come after Me, and I shall make you fishers of men.” 20 And immediately having left the nets they followed Him.

Matthew, writing long after the fact, does not relate the account where Simon began to be called Peter until Chapter 16 of his account. Andreas, or Andrew here, is shown to be the brother of Peter, and is very often mentioned together with Phillip later in Scripture. All three men were from Bethsaida, a town with a Hebrew name meaning “house of fish”.