Where did Peter say he was not worthy to die like Jesus?

Answer 1

A:

The circumstances of Peter's death are unknown:

• Paul wrote about Peter, who seemed to Paul to be one of the pillars of the church in Jerusalem, but does not mention his death.
• Acts of the Apostles, written long after Peter's death, mentions many events in Peter's life, but not how or where he died.
• Around 96 CE, Clement of Rome, possibly the first overall leader of the Christian congregations in Rome but not yet a bishop, wrote briefly about Peter in his epistle, 1 Clement, but seems to have been unaware of where Peter travelled or how he died.
• Later in the second century, Anicetus, the bishop of Rome, stated that Peter had come to Rome to lead the congregations there, and was beheaded on the orders of Nero. This tradition henceforth made Anicetus and future bishops of Rome the successors of Peter.
• A century after Anicetus, Origen changed this to say that Peter was sentenced to crucifixion but, feeling unworthy of being crucified like Jesus, asked to be crucified upside down.

It is therefore in Rome that Peter would have stated that he was unworthy to die like Jesus, on the word of the third-century Church Father, Origen.

Answer 2

Peter said he was not worthy to die like Jesus in John 13:37, when he declared this to Jesus during the Last Supper, expressing his willingness to die for Him.