Steve and I were discussing the phrase “Robbing Peter to pay Paul.” Did Peter really get robbed in the Bible? Who robbed him?

No, the Bible does not state that Peter paid Paul. The popular phrase, “to rob Peter to pay Paul,” is an English idiom that does not come from the Bible.

It refers to taking money or resources from one source to cover a debt in another, and the names Peter and Paul are used as placeholders for the two sources, not literal references to the apostles.

While the two apostles did have a theological disagreement, there was no instance of one robbing the other financially. While Peter ministered the Jewish community, and Paul ministered the Gentile community, they disagreed on how to merge them together under one church.

How many times do we hear a phrase and assume it comes from the Bible? How about the “Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” This is an ancient Chinese proverb, not from the Bible.

Could you share some examples of phrases that are not from the Bible? This will be an amazing discovery for you and everyone that learns this information.

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