(stone, rock). Simon, or Simeon; son of Jonas (Matt. 16:17; Acts 15:14). A fisherman, resident at Capernaum (Matt. 8:14); called (Matt. 4:18-20); name changed to Peter (John 1:42). Founder of Christian Church among the Jews (Acts 2); spokesman of the apostles (Acts 10); author of two epistles; a probable martyr at Rome. His first epistle is dated from Babylon; his second is his valedictory. Both are advisory and exhortatory.