In the second chapter again, Peter is the most prominent person in the greatest event after the resurrection, when on the day of Pentecost the Church was first invested with the plentitude of gifts and powers. Then Peter, not speaking in his own name, but with the eleven (see verse 14)...
'And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire...
The tradition that Peter was imprisoned in Rome and thereafter slain under Nero’s orders is central to the Caesaropapism of the medieval world view. Eusebius recounts several traditions associating Peter and Paul with Rome and claiming that they were buried there after preaching the Gospel in ...
“On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentile...
Acts 2:38 – Peter gives first preaching in the early Church on repentance and baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Acts 3:1,3,4 – Peter is mentioned first as going to the Temple to pray. Acts 3:6-7 – Peter works the first healing of the apostles. ...
Let us also recall the nature of Peter — that he was a practical man not given to allegories and mysteries in any of his preaching or writing and certainly would not resort to such language in the simple and straightforward close of a letter. ...
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial - When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is
he forseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption” and in verse 32 Peter states that the things which they saw when the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 1) is what they “now...
The second passage was taken from the defense of the Gospel by Peter on the Day of Pentecost in Acts: Acts 2:24 But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death (hades), since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. ….27 Because You will not abando...
“You know the message He sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Messiah Yeshua — He is Lord of all.” (Acts 10:34-37) Peter also shared how he personally ate with Yeshua after His death and resurrection, telling them that “everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness ...