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 (Luke 22:55)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:55:

  • Noongar: “People had lit a fire in the middle, outside the house, and Peter went close to the people who were sitting close to the fire.” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “In the middle of the yard, a fire was lit for warming-oneself and Petrus also went [and] sat with them around the fire.” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “The soldiers lit a fire in the middle of the yard of the house of the leading priest and they sat around it. Petros also sat down together with them.” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And there was a fire there in the yard of the house, and there were some people warming themselves. And Peter got near and warmed himself also.” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “But when they lit-a-fire in the middle of the yard to warm-themselves, Pedro went and joined-in-warming-himself.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “On arriving there, what the guards did was, they made a fire in the fenced yard to warm themselves at. Well, Pedro went to warm himself with them.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Luke 22:55

Exegesis:

periapsantōn de pur en mesō tēs aulēs kai sugkathisantōn ‘after they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and (after) they had sat down together.’ Genitive absolute without a subject, which is to be supplied from v. 54.

periaptō ‘to kindle,’ ‘to light.’

sugkathizō lit. ‘to sit down together with somebody else,’ here ‘to sit down together as a group.’

ekathēto ho Petros mesos autōn ‘Peter sat down among them.’ mesos does not mean that Peter sat in the centre of the group but is used in a more general meaning, i.e. ‘among.’

Translation:

Kindled a fire, or, ‘caused-to-burn/flame/blaze a fire,’ ‘laid/made a fire’ (Nieuwe Vertaling, Sranan Tongo), ‘caused-to-live/grow a fire’ (Tae’).

The courtyard. The closest cultural equivalent often is the term for an open space in front of, or around the house, which, though not enclosed by buildings, walls or porches, is part of the premises. A rendering suggesting a room under the roof of the house should be avoided.

Sat down is ingressive aspect, but sat describes the resulting situation. A more specific verb may be required by local custom, e.g. ‘squatted’ (Batak Toba); cf. also on 2.46.

Quoted with permission from Reiling, J. and Swellengrebel, J.L. A Handbook on the Gospel of Luke. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1971. For this and other handbooks for translators see here . Make sure to also consult the Handbook on the Gospel of Mark for parallel or similar verses.