—namely, the Gospel of Mark, based on Mark’s testimony in the city of Rome, and he credited it to Mark.
He said: During the reign of that king, Luke wrote his Gospel in the Roman language for a distinguished nobleman among the Romans named Theophilus, and he also composed for him the Acts, in which the stories of the disciples are recorded.
Luke the Evangelist was a companion of Paul the Apostle. Paul states in some of his epistles, “Luke, the physician, sends you greetings.”
He said: Nero Caesar then exacted vengeance upon Peter, having him crucified upside-down and, after that, killing him, because Peter had said to him, “If you mean to crucify me, crucify me head-downward, so that I will not resemble my Lord the Messiah, for He was crucified upright.” Paul the Apostle, meanwhile, was beheaded with the sword.
Peter lived on for twenty-two years after the Ascension of the Messiah.