An old fisherman stood in front of Roman soldiers and begged them to hang him the other way. The reason goes back to one night, and one small fire, that Peter never forgot. Drawn from Scripture, Jerome, and the early writers who recorded his death.

SOURCES & REFERENCES:

1. Peter’s Own Writing and Early Witness Accounts:

• 2 Peter 1:14.
• Acts of Peter (apocryphal, c. A.D. 200).
• Eusebius, Church History 3.1 (quoting Origen’s Commentary on Genesis).

2. Early Church Writers:

• Jerome, On Illustrious Men 1.
• Ambrose, Exposition of the Gospel of Luke, Book 10 (on Luke 22:62).
• Tertullian, Scorpiace 15.

3. Catechism of the Catholic Church:

• CCC Paragraph 1429.

4. Gospel References:

• Mark 14:29.
• Luke 22:61-62; 24:34.
• John 13:36-38; 18:18; 20:3-6; 21:3-19.

Exact wording varies by edition, so please verify passages in your own copy.

DISCLAIMER:
This video is for educational and spiritual reflection purposes only. It is not advice of any kind, and it is not meant to hurt anyone’s beliefs or feelings. It respects people of every faith and perspective. The upside down crucifixion of Peter comes from early Christian tradition and is not recorded in Scripture, and the Church does not require belief in it as doctrine.