SIMON PETER by Tom Clark
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SIMON PETER by Tom Clark

"Simon Peter is perhaps the best known of Jesus' disciples. He was a vocation and spontaneous by nature, and for both reasons he and Jesus became friends. Several accounts are given of the disciples being in Peter's boat with special note taken of the occasion when Peter sought to walk on water as Jesus did, only to sink into the waves. This lack of faith came to the fore again when he denied knowing His Lord the night of Jesus' arrest. His weakness serves to underline his strengths, especially at the moment when he acknowledged Jesus as the expected Messiah - the first disciple to do so. For this "confession" Jesus blessed Simon with a new name, Peter ("Rock") and symbolically indicated that this acknowledgment was both the "key" to eternal life and the rock on which he would build the Church. As in Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper," I have shown Peter leaning forward in animated conversation. The sandaled foot is seen protruding from the hem of his toga, not unlike the famous statue of Peter in the Basilica in The Vatican. He remains in my thoughts as both the close friend of Jesus and the itinerant teacher . . . the disciple who later became the first Bishop of Rome and whose very shadow could bring healing."

Artist: Tom Clark
Release Date: February, 1999

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