Wayehlala ephupha uPeter. Ngenxa yoko, sele efikile eYordan, into yokuqala ehamba khona. Esi sixeko sakudala siyimali eyingxondorha yobukumkani baseNabatoe, enye yeyona ndawo iphambili yelizwe. Isikhokelo esithetha isiRashiya sasixelela ukuba igama likaPeter lithetha "iliwa".
Umnyango we-Peter kubakhenkethi basezizwe ngamazwe ngamazwe angama-90, malunga needola ezili-127. Kodwa ukuze ubone enye yemimangaliso esixhenxe "yehlabathi" entsha, ayisiyimpilo yokunika le mali.
Ukungena kwikomkhulu lakudala, kufuneka uye kwikhilomitha kwi-skik gorge-indinyana emxinwa, apho amanzi acekeceke, iphantse yavalwa kwindawo yeemitha ezingama-90. Kwaye kuphela i-gorge kuphela okokugqibela, ibhotwe elihle le-El Hazne livula umphefumlo wabakhenkethi, oko kukuthi, indyebo ilungele eliweni. Apha uziva ngathi iqhawe lefilimu ekwa-Indiana Jones, xa ujonga imizobo ye-Milftical kwaye ibalaselisa ukuhleba malunga neemfihlelo zehlabathi. Ukucinga kuphela, esi sixeko sihle senze iminyaka engama-2 000 eyadlulayo, kodwa sigcinwe kwixesha lethu! Unokuma emnyango kwi-Peter ixesha elide kakhulu, ukwazi, apho ubuncwane bakudala bufihliwe. Ngendlela, ngaphakathi ayinanto kwaye ayichukumiseki, nangona kunjalo, ngokutsho kwentsomi, ilapha ukuba ubutyebi obunganyanisekanga bugcinwe. I-facade yeSixeko i-Amphone ziibhotile zeBedouins, ezikholelwa ukuba kufanelekile ukuba ungene kwindawo ekhethekileyo, njengoko imvula yegolide ithulule. Kodwa iinzame zabo azizange zithweswe isithsaba, kwaye ubuncwane babungekafunyanwa.
Esi sixeko sasikwicala leendlela ezimbini ezibalulekileyo zokurhweba. Owokuqala wangena kuLwandle oluBomvu kunye neDamasko, kwaye okwesibini yi-Persian Bay kunye neGaza elunxwemeni loLwandle lweMeditera. Akukho nanye iminyaka kaPetros enombulelo kurhwebo, kodwa xa amaRoma athetha impuma yorhwebo lwasempuma lorhwebo lomhlaba, kwaye "iliwa" lalingenanto kwaye elahlekile entlango.
Ngexesha elahlukileyo, abanini be-petra baguqukile. Phakathi kwabo kwakubangela ididiyo, amaNabote, amaRoma, i-Byzantines, ama-Arabhu. Kwaye ngenkulungwane ye-12 isixeko sabagxeki. I-Nabhot yayilumkile, babenomdla kwinkcubeko yabanye abantu, yiyo le nto amasiko aseJiphutha, amaGrike-rate -R-rous, iimotifs zeMesopotamiya kunye neendlela zasekuhlaleni zihambelana kakhulu noPeter.
Kule galory yendawo enomphefumlo. Kubonakala ngathi- apha, kwaye ukusuka ekufihleni kokugula kwedolophu kuya kubakho abemi bakudala kwaye bakuthathe nawe ukuba baxelele iimfihlakalo ezinkulu ezinokungaze ziveze kubaphandi abanomdla.