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The first recorded sermon by one of Jesus's apostles is by Peter, speaking to fellow Jews in Jerusalem (Acts 2:14-36). The themes of Peter's message (see kerygma) included the death and resurrection of Jesus, the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, and the need for his Jewish audience to repent, be baptized, and believe in Jesus for the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Acts 4 is the fourth ... Luke's estimate in Acts 2:41 was that 3,000 were baptised in response to Peter's Pentecost sermon, ...
This chapter records the healing of a disabled person by the apostles Peter and John, and Peter's preaching at Solomon's Porch in the Second Temple. [ 2 ] From Raphael's workshop, "Healing of the Lame Man", a cartoon for a tapestry that depicts Peter healing the lame man (Acts 3).
St. Peter Preaching the Gospel in the Catacombs by Jan Styka. Peter is always listed first among the Twelve Apostles in the Gospels [75] and in the Book of Acts. [76] Along with James the Elder and John he formed an informal triumvirate within the Twelve Apostles.
The omission of Judas Iscariot motivates the narrative of his final fate and Peter's call to find his replacement. [16] The process begins by Peter's appeal to the Scripture (verse 20), [16] and the requirements for the candidate (verses 21–22). [28] With this, Peter reinforces the identity of the group and exerts his de facto authority in ...
The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Christianity, dating to the late 2nd century AD. The majority of the text has survived only in the Latin translation of the Codex Vercellensis , under the title Actus Petri cum Simone ("Act of Peter with Simon").
In his sermon in Acts 10:37–38, delivered in the house of Cornelius the centurion, Apostle Peter gives an overview of the ministry of Jesus, and refers to what had happened "throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached" and that Jesus whom "God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power" had gone ...
The number of members can only be estimated. According to Acts 1:13-15, there were initially only around 120 "brothers", whereas Acts 2:41 already mentions 3,000 first baptized after Peter's first sermon, 4:4 soon after 5,000: however, these figures appear to be far inflated in view of the meetings in the Jerusalem temple tolerated by the ...