PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
There is not much to go by if we are looking for the place of origin of 2 Peter. If it was written by the apostle, it is likely that it came from Rome, for that is where tradition places Peter toward the end of his days. Such a place is favored by the strong stand against false teaching, for Rome early became a bastion of orthodoxy. Defenders of this view also point to the picture given of the writer’s relations with Paul (for both men were in Rome under Nero’s rule), and they find a hint at the gospel of Mark in 2 Pet. 1:15. We can certainly say that there is nothing in the letter that decisively contradicts such an origin, but Rome is far from having been proven. As with so much about this letter, in the end we have to say, "We do not know. There is no evidence.”