Saint Peter

===Resurrection appearances===
[[File:Church peters primacy.jpg|thumb|left|Church of the Primacy of St. Peter on the [[Sea of Galilee]]]]

Paul's [[First Epistle to the Corinthians]]<ref>{{Bibleref2|1Cor|15}}</ref> contains a list of [[resurrection appearances of Jesus]], the first of which is an appearance to Peter.<ref>{{Bibleref2|1Cor|15:3–7}}</ref> Here, Paul apparently follows an early tradition that Peter was the first to see the risen Christ,<ref name="ODCC Peter" /> which, however, did not seem to have survived to the time when the gospels were written.<ref>See {{Bibleref2|Matthew|28:8–10}}, {{Bibleref2|John|20:16}} and {{Bibleref2|Luke|24:13–16}}.</ref>

In John's gospel, Peter is the first person to enter the [[empty tomb]], although the women and the [[beloved disciple]] see it before him.<ref>{{bibleverse|Jn.|20:1–9}}</ref> In Luke's account, the women's report of the empty tomb is dismissed by the apostles, and Peter is the only one who goes to check for himself, running to the tomb. After seeing the graveclothes, he goes home, apparently without informing the other disciples.<ref>{{bibleverse|Lk.|24:1–12}}</ref>

In the [[John 21|final chapter]] of the Gospel of John, Peter, in one of the resurrection appearances of Jesus, [[Restoration of Peter|three times affirmed his love for Jesus]], balancing his threefold denial, and Jesus reconfirmed Peter's position. The Church of the Primacy of St. Peter on the [[Sea of Galilee]] is seen as the traditional site where Jesus Christ appeared to his disciples after his resurrection and, according to Catholic tradition, established Peter's supreme jurisdiction over the Christian church.