Peter

Following is a Armenian Orthodox icon of Peter (found in the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shusha, Azerbaijan).

Orthodox Icons are not drawings or creations of imagination. They are in fact writings of things not of this world. Icons can represent our Lord Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the Saints. They can also represent the Holy Trinity, Angels, the Heavenly hosts, and even events. Orthodox icons, unlike Western pictures, change the perspective and form of the image so that it is not naturalistic. This is done so that we can look beyond appearances of the world, and instead look to the spiritual truth of the holy person or event. (Source )

Following is a hand colored stencil print on momigami of Peter by Sadao Watanabe (1970):

Image taken with permission from the SadaoHanga Catalogue where you can find many more images and information about Sadao Watanabe. For other images of Sadao Watanabe art works in TIPs, see here.

In Finnish Sign Language it is translated with the sign signifying “key” (referring to Matthew 16:19). (Source: Tarja Sandholm)


“Peter” or “Cephas” in Finnish Sign Language (source )

In Swiss-German Sign Language it is translated with the sign for “rock,” referring to the meaning of the Greek word for “Peter.”


“Peter” in Swiss-German Sign Language, source: DSGS-Lexikon biblischer Begriffe , © CGG Schweiz

See also Peter – rock.

complete verse (Acts 5:8)

Following are a number of back-translations of Acts 5:8:

  • Uma: “Petrus said to her: ‘Tell me, that land of yours that you sold, is this really all the price?’ Safira answered: ‘Yes, that is really all.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Petros said to her, ‘Tell me. Is this the amount you received as the proceeds-of-the-sale of your land?’ ‘Yes,’ the woman said, ‘that is the proceeds.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “Peter asked her saying, ‘Oh woman, this money, is this all that you received when you sold your land?’ And the woman answered, ‘Yes.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Pedro said to her, ‘Please say if this is the correct sale-price of your land.’ ‘Yes indeed, that’s it,’ she said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “When she arrived, she was quesioned by Pedro. He said, ‘Is it true that this is the full payment for the land you sold?’ ‘Yes’, said Safira, ‘that’s truly it.'” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Acts 5:8

The Greek plural verb form “you received” is made explicit in the Good News Translation translation by you and your husband received.

The Greek expression translated in the King James Version as “for so much” is extremely difficult to render satisfactorily in a literal manner. It is for this reason that the Good News Translation has employed was this the full amount. In some languages the term this must be amplified as “this much money” or even “this money here.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .