In the New Testament, the apostle Peter sends greetings from a location he calls 'Babylon' in his first epistle. Most scholars believe this is a code name for which city?
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Correct answer: Rome
In 1 Peter 5:13, Peter mentions 'she who is in Babylon.' In the early church, 'Babylon' was a common cryptic designation for Rome, the center of the empire that then occupied Jerusalem.
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