A leading evangelical scholar says Matthew thought Peter was as bad as Judas.
Robert Gundry, scholar-in-residence and professor emeritus of New Testament and Greek at Westmont College, argues in his most recent book, Peter â?? False Disciple and Apostate according to Saint Matthew (Eerdmans), that â??Matthew portrays Peter as a false disciple of Jesus, a disciple who went so far as to apostatize.â? He believes Matthew does so to warn Christians â??against the loss of salvation through falsity-exposing apostasyâ? and against the â??ongoing presence of false disciples in the church.â?
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