And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Lest they should come to a different person, he designates the man not only by his surname, but by the place. And the same, says he, is lodging with one Simon a tanner, who has his house by the seaside.
