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Matthew opens its end-times discourse with the disciples coming to Jesus on the Mount of Olives to ask about the signs of his coming. The Apocalypse of Peter borrows this exact setting and question to frame its own apocalyptic vision.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Matthew 24:3
New Testament
2 And he said to them, “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!” 3 As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 4 Jesus answered them, “Watch out that no one misleads you.
Apocalypse of Peter 1:3
Revelation of Peter
Early Christian
2 And Peter pondered on this, that he might perceive the mystery of the Son of God, the merciful one, the lover of mercy. 3 When the Lord was seated on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him. 4 We each begged and entreated him, saying to him: Tell us what are the signs of your coming and of the end of the world, so that we may perceive and mark the time of your coming, and instruct those who come after us — to whom we preach the word of your gospel, and whom we set over your church — so that when they hear it, they may take heed to themselves and mark the time of your coming.
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Notes and References
... The argument for the date and place of the Apocalypse concerns especially the first two chapters and the last two chapters of the work. In chapters 1-2 the author has adapted and expanded parts of the Synoptic apocalyptic discourse as found in Matthew 24. The wording of the Apocalypse of Peter in these chapters is in several places very close to the specifically Matthean redaction of the Synoptic apocalyptic discourse, and so we can be sure that the author knew the text of Matthew 24 itself. But he has used Matthew 24 very selectively: he has in fact drawn on only eight verses of that chapter — or, to put it another way, he has used only two sections of Matthew 24: verses 3-5 and verses 24-32. The first three verses of the Apocalypse of Peter are the disciples' question, to which the rest of the first two chapters are Jesus' response. The setting and question follow closely Matthew 24:3, except that in the Apocalypse the disciples ask about the time of the parousia. ...
Bauckham, Richard
The Fate of the Dead: Studies on the Jewish and Christian Apocalypses
(pp. 176-178) Brill, 1998
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