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“And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you. For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God. And with more such words he gave his witness, offering them salvation and saying, Come out from this evil generation.”— Simon Peter, Acts 2:38-40
“And Peter, looking at him, with John, said, Keep your eyes on us.”— Simon Peter, Acts 3:4
“But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.”— Simon Peter, Acts 3:6
“And when Peter saw it he said to the people, You men of Israel, why are you so greatly surprised at this man? or why are you looking at us as if by our power or virtue we had given him the use of his legs? The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free. But you would have nothing to do with the Holy and Upright One, and made request for a man of blood to be given to you, And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead;…”— Simon Peter, Acts 3:12-26
“Then Peter, being full of the Holy Spirit, said to them, O you rulers of the people and men of authority, If we are questioned today about a good work done to a man who was ill, as to how he has been made well, Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well. He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building. And in no other is there salvation: for there is…”— Simon Peter, Acts 4:8-12
“But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God: For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.”— Simon Peter, Acts 4:19-20
“But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land? While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.”— Simon Peter, Acts 5:3-4
“And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.”— Simon Peter, Acts 5:8
“But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.”— Simon Peter, Acts 5:9
“But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man. The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree. Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.”— Simon Peter, Acts 5:29-32
“But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price. You have no part in this business, because your heart is not right before God. Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts. For I see that you are prisoned in bitter envy and the chains of sin.”— Simon Peter, Acts 8:20-23
“And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.”— Simon Peter, Acts 9:34
“But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.”— Simon Peter, Acts 9:40
“But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.”— Simon Peter, Acts 10:14
“And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come?”— Simon Peter, Acts 10:21
“But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.”— Simon Peter, Acts 10:26
“And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean: And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me?”— Simon Peter, Acts 10:28-29
“Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him. The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)-- That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher, About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by…”— Simon Peter, Acts 10:34-43
“Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?”— Simon Peter, Acts 10:47
“I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me: And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds. And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth. But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common. And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven. And at that minute, three men,…”— Simon Peter, Acts 11:5-17
“And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.”— Simon Peter, Acts 12:11
“But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.”— Simon Peter, Acts 12:17
“And when there had been much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, My brothers, you have knowledge that some time back it was God's pleasure that by my mouth the good news might be given to the Gentiles so that they might have faith. And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us; Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith. Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it? But we have faith that we will…”— Simon Peter, Acts 15:7-11
“And they say to him, We have here but five cakes of bread and two fishes.”— Andrew, Matthew 14:17
“And he said to them, How much bread have you? go and see. And when they had seen, they said, Five cakes of bread and two fishes.”— Andrew, Mark 6:38
“But he said, Give them food yourselves. And they said, We have only five cakes of bread and two fishes, if we do not go and get food for all these people.”— Andrew, Luke 9:13
“And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?”— Andrew, John 1:38
“Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).”— Andrew, John 1:41
“There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?”— Andrew, John 6:9
“And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me: Symeon has given an account of how God was first pleased to take from among the Gentiles a people for himself. And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said, After these things I will come back, and will put up the tent of David which has been broken down, building up again its broken parts and making it complete: So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named, Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.”— James, son of Zebedee, Acts 15:13-21
“And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law: And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules. What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come. Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath; Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make…”— James, son of Zebedee, Acts 21:20-25
“He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?”— John, son of Zebedee, John 13:25
“So the disciple who was dear to Jesus said to Peter, It is the Lord! Hearing that it was the Lord, Peter put his coat round him (because he was not clothed) and went into the sea.”— John, son of Zebedee, John 21:7
“But he said to them in answer, Give them food yourselves. And they said to him, Are we to go and get bread for two hundred pence, and give it to them?”— Philip the Apostle, Mark 6:37
“Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”— Philip the Apostle, John 1:45
“Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.”— Philip the Apostle, John 1:46
“Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.”— Philip the Apostle, John 6:7
“Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more.”— Philip the Apostle, John 14:8
“Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.”— Bartholomew, John 1:46
“Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you. Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!”— Bartholomew, John 1:48-49
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