Do you know if Peter was married when he first met Jesus ? Do you know some fact related to his age and family at this time ? god bless Xavier Chardonnens
I am not aware of any particular significance as to when Peter was married, just that he was married. However, it appears that Peter was married before his first meeting with Jesus Christ. There is no record of festivities associated with the marriage of Peter after his first acquaintance with Jesus Christ. Not only so, but evidently Peter was already married when Jesus appointed him to be an apostle, and he was still married, his wife supported by church funds among which supported Peter (1 Corinthians 9:5), throughout the apostolic ministry of the apostle Peter.
It would seem that Simon was married before he became an apostle. His wife’s mother is referred to (Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; Luke 4:38). He was in all probability accompanied by his wife on his missionary journeys (1 Cor. 9:5; comp. 1 Pet. 5:13). He appears to have been settled at Capernaum when Christ entered on his public ministry, and may have reached beyond the age of thirty. His house was large enough to give a home to his brother Andrew, his wife’s mother, and also to Christ, who seems to have lived with him (Mark 1:29, 36; 2:1), as well as to his own family. It was apparently two stories high (2:4). (Easton)
J.W. McGarvey and Philip Y. Pendleton in their commentary, The Four-Fold Gospel, place the acquaintance of Peter and Jesus as well as the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law in the same year, the first year of our Lord’s ministry, A.D. 27. B.W. Johnson and Don DeWelt in their commentary, The Gospel of Mark, mark the first acquaintance of Jesus Christ with Peter and the subsequent healing of Peter’s mother-in-law about a year apart.
Though humble fisherman on an inland lake, Peter, his brother and their partners were nevertheless hardworking and successful businessmen.
Brought up to his father’s business as a fisherman on the lake of Galilee. He and his brother Andrew were partners with Zebedee’s sons, John and James [Luke 5:10], who had “hired servants” [Mark 1:20], which implies a social status and culture not the lowest. He lived first at Bethsaida, then in Capernaum, in a house either his own or his mother-in-law’s, large enough to receive Christ and his fellow apostles and some of the multitude who thronged about Him [Mark 1:29-30]. (Fausset’s)
Works Cited
Easton, M.G., Easton’s Bible Dictionary. CD-ROM. Oak Harbor: Logos, 1996.
Fausset’s Bible Dictionary. CD-ROM. Seattle: Biblesoft, 1998.
Johnson, B.W. and Don DeWelt. The Gospel of Mark. Joplin: College P., 1965. CD-ROM. Indianapolis: Faith & Facts, n.d.
McGarvey, J.W. and Philip Y. Pendleton. Four-Fold Gospel. Cincinnati: Standard, 1914. CD-ROM. Austin: Wordsearch, 2004.
