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 22:58)

Following are a number of back-translations of Luke 22:58:

  • Noongar: “Soon, one man saw Peter and said, ‘You were one of them too!’ But Peter said, ‘Man, I’m not!'” (Source: Warda-Kwabba Luke-Ang)
  • Uma: “Not long from there, another-one saw Petrus and said to him: ‘You were one of their companions earlier!’ Petrus again said: ‘No! It was not me.'” (Source: Uma Back Translation)
  • Yakan: “Not long afterwards a man saw him and said, ‘You also are a companion of theirs.’ But Petros said, ‘Not-so, exclamation.'” (Source: Yakan Back Translation)
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: “And after awhile there was also a person who recognized Peter, and he sid, ‘As for you, you also are a companion of the one they arrested.’ And Peter answered, ‘Sir, I’m not his companion.'” (Source: Western Bukidnon Manobo Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “A little later, there was again a man who recognized him and said, ‘You (sing.) are indeed one of them.’ But Pedro said, ‘Definitely not.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Tagbanwa: “Before long again, there was another person who saw him. He said, ‘You are indeed one of them!’ But Pedro again emphatically-said-no.” (Source: Tagbanwa Back Translation)

Translation commentary on Luke 22:58

Exegesis:

meta brachu lit. ‘after a short (time),’ hence, ‘a little later,’ ‘presently.’

heteros idōn auton ephē ‘somebody else saw him and said.’ heteros does not mean that he was a slave like the servant-maid, but only that he was a different person.

kai su ex autōn ei ‘you too are one of them.’ For kai cf. on v. 56. ex autōn refers to Jesus’ followers, though they are not mentioned explicitly in the preceding verses. For ex as periphrasis for the partitive genitive.

anthrōpe, ouk eimi ‘man, I am not,’ a flat denial.

Translation:

Some one else. If a literal rendering would suggest ‘another female slave,’ it is preferable to say ‘a man’ (Tzeltal, Kituba), ‘a certain man’ (Zarma), ‘one of the men who sat/were there.’

One of them, or ‘(one) of the group,’ ‘(one) of his friends’ (Malay), ‘a companion of that man.’

Man, a form of address between strangers, here having a connotation of reproach.

I am not. The ellipsis may have to be filled out, e.g. ‘I am not one of them,’ but one should remember that the shortness of the phrase serves to express Peter’s annoyance: hence the rendering should be as snappy a phrase as the idiom permits.

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.