Peter's Commission

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about 1903 Three-light window depicting Christ as the Good Shepherd with three disciples on either side and one in the ship on the Sea of Tiberias. One of the disciples, clearly Peter given the text below, kneels. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Robert J. Newbery Church of St John the Baptist, Newton, Swansea west wall One of a group of similar windows depicting this scene by Robert Newbery. Text: 'Lord thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee' (John 21:17). Dedication: 'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of William Jones, Rector of Newton Nottage, 1873-1903, by Parishioners and Friends.'  (ObjectID=745 ImageID=3879) Original File Name=_MG_7995.jpg

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• mission of Peter ('Pasce oves meas')  [John 21:15-17]

D. Charles Davies, The History of the Ancient Church situate at Newton Porthcawl in the Parish of Newton-Nottage (Porthcawl: 1938), p.34-5.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 474.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales