Peter
 Matthew 3:1-6 (Read)
 In those days John the Baptist
came, preaching in the wilderness
of Judea 2 and saying, ‘Repent, for
the kingdom of heaven has come
near.’
 5 People went out to him from
Jerusalem and all Judea and the
whole region of the Jordan.
6 Confessing their sins, they were
baptised by him in the River
Jordan.
 Question: Who was there?
Crowds! But who?
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Peter
 Matthew 3:13-17 (Read)
 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to
the Jordan to be baptised by John.
 16 As soon as Jesus was baptised, he
went up out of the water. At that
moment heaven was opened, and
he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and
alighting on him. 17 And a voice
from heaven said, ‘This is my Son,
whom I love; with him I am well
pleased.’
 Question: Who witnessed this?
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Peter
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 Acts 1:16-22 (Read)
 Judas committed suicide Peter said another needed to
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‘take his place of leadership’ (v 20)
120 in the room but only two fulfilled the criteria.
What were the criteria?
21 “Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men
who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus
was living among us, 22 beginning from John’s baptism
to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one
of these must become a witness with us of his
resurrection.”
Question: So was Peter and the 11 there?
Peter
 40+ days after John baptised Jesus
 John 1:19-28 (read)
 V 28: Bethany on the other side of
the Jordan (from Jericho)
 KJV has Bethabara – identified by
some as Makht-Ababarah – a place
near Jericho, but texts have
Bethania.
 However, this took place at the
bottom of the Jordan, near Jericho
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Peter
 40+ days later: John 1:28-39 (Read)
 John 1:40-42: (Read)
 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was
one of the two heard what John had
said and who had followed Jesus. The
first thing Andrew did was to find his
brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have
found the Messiah’ (that is, the
Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are
Simon son of John. You will be called
Cephas [Aramaic]’ (which, when
translated, is Peter [Greek]).
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Peter
 John 1:43-45 (Read)
 The next day Jesus decided to
leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,
he said to him, ‘Follow
me.’ Philip, like Andrew and
Peter, was from the town of
Bethsaida. Philip found
Nathanael and told him, ‘We
have found the one Moses wrote
about in the Law, and about
whom the prophets also wrote –
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of
Joseph.’
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Peter
 John 2:1-2: On the third day a
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wedding took place at Cana in
Galilee. Jesus’ mother was
there, and Jesus and his
disciples had also been
invited to the wedding.
John 2:11: What Jesus did here
in Cana of Galilee was the
first of the signs through
which he revealed his glory;
and his disciples believed in
him.
1:29 – the next day
1:35 – the next day
2:1 – on the third day
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Peter
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 Mark 1:16-18 (Read)
 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw
Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the
lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus
said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At
once they left their nets and followed him.
 Vs 19-20: (Read)
 James and John likewise ; ‘without delay’.
 See also Matthew 4:18-22(Read): … at once &
immediately
Peter
 At Capernaum:
 Mark 1:29-31: As soon as they left
the synagogue, they went with
James and John to the home of
Simon and Andrew. Simon’s
mother-in-law was in bed with a
fever, and they immediately told
Jesus about her. So he went to
her, took her hand and helped
her up. The fever left her and she
began to wait on them.
 Similarly Matt 8:14-15 & Luke
4:38-39
 Note Mark 1:32-37 (Read)
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Peter
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 After healing Peter’s mother-in-law … Luke 5:1-11 (Read)
 V8: “Go away from me, Lord: I am sinful man.”
 V10: “From now on you will catch men.”
 Question: How many times did He say to them, ‘Follow
me’? As, for example, in John 1:38-39 (Read).
 ‘Rabbi, where are you staying?’ ‘Come and see.’ So they
went … and spent that day with him.
 Luke 5:27-28 (Read) Levi / Matthew: Got up, left
everything and followed Jesus.
 Luke 6:12-16 (Read) The Twelve chosen from … how many?
See also Mark 3:13-19 – read verses 13-14
Peter
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 Matthew 10:1-10 (Read)
 V 2: Simon (who is called Peter)
 V5-6: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town
of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of
Israel.”
 Vs 9-10: “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take
with you in your belts – no bag for the journey or extra
shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his
keep.”
 Questions: Why not go to the Gentiles? Why not the
Samaritans?
Peter
 Why not the Gentiles?
 Why not the Samaritans?
 Note also Luke 22:35-37 (Read) and
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note the change
Christ and the Samaritans.
Not going to Gentiles and Samaritans
was also going to change.
Luke 9:1-6. What is missing? (Read)
Also in Mark 6:6-13.
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Peter
 Luke 8:40-55 (Read)
 V 45: Peter said, “Master,
the people are crowding
and pressing against you.”
 V 51: Jesus did not let
anyone go in with him
except Peter, James and
John, and the child’s
father and mother.
 Also in Mark 5:21-43
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Peter
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 Matthew 14:22-33 (Read)
 V 28: “Lord, if it is you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come
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to you on the water.”
V 29: Then Peter got out of the boat, walked on the
water and came toward Jesus.
V 30: But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and,
beginning to sink, cried our, “Lord, save me!”
V 33: Those in the boat worshipped him, saying, “Truly
you are the Son of God.”
Question: How do you read v 31?
As a reprimand or with affection?
Peter
 Matthew 15:1-20 (Read)
 V 15: Peter said, “Explain the
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parable to us.”
Why did they not understand
something so obvious?
V2: The traditions of the elders
Being unclean
Acts 10:27-28 (read)
Law (not nomos but themitos)
Unclean the issue again
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Peter
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 Matthew 16:13-20 (Read)
 John the Baptist … Elijah … Jeremiah … one of the
prophets.
 John the Baptist: (note Matthew 14:1-2; Mark 6:14-16)
 Elijah: (Malachi 4:5-6)
 Jeremiah: Strange?
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 Two books in the Apocrypha refer to Jeremiah.
 2 Maccabees 2:1-12 states that before the Babylonian
Exile, Jeremiah took the tent, the Ark of the Covenant
and the altar of incense out of the Temple and hid
them in a cave in Mount Nebo.
 2 Esdras 2:18 states, “I will send you help, my servants
Isaiah and Jeremiah”, and some Jews believed that
before the coming of the Messiah Jeremiah would
return, recover the ark & the altar of incense & the
glory of God would once more come upon the people
again.
 Jeremiah is also mentioned in 2 Maccabees 15:12-16.
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 Question: Unusual to have non-Scriptural books
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referred to?
Jude – refers to The assumption of Moses ( vs 9-10) and
The Book of Enoch (vs 14-16)
Paul quotes Gentile writers in Acts 17:28 and Titus 1:12
(both from the philosopher Epimenides)
Note Matthew 2:21-23: the prophets – which ones?
One of the prophets:
Note: not The Prophet, as in John 1:21,25; 6:14; 7:40
and possibly Matthew 21:11.
Acts 3:22-23 (referring to Deuteronomy 18:15-19)
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 V 16: Simon Peter Answered, “You are the Christ
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(Messiah), to Son of the Living God.”
V 18: Jesus said, “You are Peter (petros), and on this
rock (petra) I will build my church.”
Petros a moveable rock
Petra is feminine and could refer neither to Peter nor
to Christ; refers to Peter’s confession (v 16)
Also in Mark 8:27-30 and Luke 9:18-20
Peter
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 Matthew 16:21-23 (read)
 V 22: Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke Him.
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“Never, Lord!” he said, “This shall never happen to
you!”
V 23: “Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me,
Satan! You are a stumbling block to me: you do not
have in min the things of God, but the things of men.”
Petros – a moveable rock!
Satan – satanas, a Greek form derived from Aramaic;
an adversary … used of men and of the devil (Vine).
Also in Mark 8:31-33
Peter
 Matthew 17:1-9 (read); Mark 9:2-
10; Luke 9:28-36
 V 1: Jesus took with Him Peter,
James and John.
 Mark 9:5-6: Peter said to Jesus,
“Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.
Let us put up three shelters – one
for you, one for Moses and one for
Elijah.” (He did not know what to
say, they were so frightened.)
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Peter
 Matthew 17:9: And as they came down
from the mountain, Jesus charged
them, saying, “Tell the vision to no
man, until the Son of man be risen
again from the dead.” (KJV; vision =
horama; Acts 10:17,19)
 Mark 9:10: They kept the matter to
themselves, discussing was “rising from
the dead” meant.
 But note: Matthew 10:5-8 … “raise the
dead”.
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Peter
 Matthew 17:24-27 (Read)
 24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in
Capernaum, the collectors of the twodrachma temple tax came to Peter and
asked, ‘Doesn’t your teacher pay the
temple tax?’ ‘Yes, he does,’ he replied.
 27 “But so that we may not offend them,
go … give it to them for my tax and
yours.”
 Note: “So that we may not offend!”
 Question: What is Christ meaning
here? (See verses 25-26)
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Peter
 Luke 12:35-48 (Read)
 V 41: Peter asked, “Lord, are you
telling this parable to us, or to
everyone?”
 Matthew 18:21-22 (Read)
 V 21: Then Peter came to Jesus and
asked, “Lord, how many times shall
I forgive my brother or sister who
sins against me? Up to seven
times?”
 Note Matthew 18:15-17; Luke 17:3-5
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Peter
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 Matthew 19:16-30 (read)
 V 27: Peter answered him, ‘We have left everything to
follow you! What then will there be for us?’
 Also in Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30
 John 6:60-69 (read)
 Vs 68-69: Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom
shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have
come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One
of God.’
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The Last Week
How much does Peter figure?
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 The last week:
 Mark 11:12-14 & 19-21 (Read)
 V 21: Peter remembered and said to Jesus, ‘Rabbi, look!
The fig-tree you cursed has withered!’
 Mark 13:1-4 (Read)
 Vs 3-4: As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives
opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew
asked him privately, ‘Tell us, when will these things
happen? And what will be the sign that they are all
about to be fulfilled?’
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 Luke 22:7-13 (Read)
 V 8: Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, ‘Go and make
preparations for us to eat the Passover.’
 John 13:3-11 (Read)
 Vs 6-9: He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’ Jesus replied,
‘You do not realise now what I am doing, but later you
will understand.’ ‘No,’ said Peter, ‘you shall never wash
my feet.’ Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you have
no part with me.’ ‘Then, Lord,’ Simon Peter replied,
‘not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!’
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 John 13:18-30 (Read)
 Vs 24: Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said,
‘Ask him which one he means.’
 John 13:31-38 (Read)
 Vs 36-38: Simon Peter asked him, ‘Lord, where are you
going?’ Jesus replied, ‘Where I am going, you cannot
follow now, but you will follow later.’ Peter asked,
‘Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my
life for you.’ Then Jesus answered, ‘Will you really lay
down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the
cock crows, you will disown me three times!’
Peter
 Mark 14:27-31 (read)
 Vs 29-31: Peter declared, ‘Even if all fall
away, I will not.’ ‘Truly I tell you,’ Jesus
answered, ‘today – yes, tonight – before the
cock crows twice you yourself will disown
me three times.’ But Peter insisted
emphatically, ‘Even if I have to die with
you, I will never disown you.’ And all the
others said the same.
 Also Matthew 26:31-35
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Peter
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 Luke 22:31-38 (Read)
Vs 31-34: ‘Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you
as wheat. But I have prayed for [Greek – peri] you
[singular], Simon, that your [singular] faith may not fail.
And when you [singular] have turned back, strengthen
your brothers.’ But he replied, ‘Lord, I am ready to go with
you to prison and to death.’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell you,
Peter, before the cock crows today, you will deny three
times that you know me.’
 Vs 35-36: Then Jesus asked them, ‘When I sent you without
purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?’ ‘Nothing,’
they answered. He said to them, ‘But now if you have a
purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword,
sell your cloak and buy one.’ (Compare Luke 9:3)
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 Mark 14:32-42 (read)
 Vs 33: He took Peter, James and John along with him,
and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.
 Vs 37-38: Then he returned to his disciples and found
them sleeping. ‘Simon,’ he said to Peter, ‘are you
asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? Watch
and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The
spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.’
 Also in Matthew 26:36-46
Peter
 John 18:1-11 (read)
 Vs 10-11: Then Simon Peter, who
had a sword, drew it and struck
the high priest’s servant, cutting
off his right ear. (The servant’s
name was Malchus.) Jesus
commanded Peter, ‘Put your
sword away! Shall I not drink the
cup the Father has given me?’
 Note: other Gospels do not name
Peter.
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Peter
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 Luke 22:54-62 (read)
 Vs 54: Then seizing him, they led him away and took him
into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a
distance.
 Vs 55-57: And when some there had kindled a fire in the
middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter
sat down with them. A servant-girl saw him seated there in
the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, ‘This man
was with him.’ But he denied it. ‘Woman, I don’t know him,’
he said.
 Vs 58: A little later someone else saw him and said, ‘You
also are one of them.’ ‘Man, I am not!’ Peter replied.
Peter
 Vs 59-60: About an hour later another
asserted, ‘Certainly this fellow was with him, for
he is a Galilean.’ Peter replied, ‘Man, I don’t
know what you’re talking about!’ Just as he was
speaking, the cock crowed.
 Vs 61-62: The Lord turned and looked
straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the
word the Lord had spoken to him: ‘Before the
cock crows today, you will disown me three
times.’ And he went outside and wept bitterly.
 Question: What sort of look was on the Lord’s
face? [Also in Mark 14:66-72; Matthew 26:6975; John 18:15-18 & 25-27.]
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Peter
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 John 20:1-9 (read)
 V2-8: So she came running to Simon Peter and the other
disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, ‘They have taken the
Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have
put him!’ So Peter and the other disciple started for the
tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran
Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked
in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then
Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into
the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as
the cloth that had been wrapped round Jesus’ head. The
cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the
linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb
first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
 Question: Believed what?
Peter
 John 20:9: (They still did not
understand from Scripture that
Jesus had to rise from the
dead.)
 Also in Luke 24:1-12 and note
verse 12
 V 12: Peter, however, got up and
ran to the tomb. Bending over,
he saw the strips of linen lying
by themselves, and he went
away, wondering to himself
what had happened.
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Peter
 Mark 16:4-7 (read)
 Vs 7: ‘But go, tell his
disciples and Peter, “He is
going ahead of you into
Galilee. There you will see
him, just as he told you.”’
 Note: He saw them before
they went to Galilee!
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 Luke 24:33-35 (read)
 Vs 34: ‘It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared
to Simon.’
 Note 1 Corinthians 15:3-5:
 For what I received I passed on to you as of first
importance: that Christ died for our sins according to
the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised
on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that
he appeared to Cephas [Peter], and then to the Twelve.
 V 7: Then he appeared to James. [Who else?]
Peter
 John 21:1-13 (read)
 V 2: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus),
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Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and
two other disciples were together.
 V 3: ‘I’m going out to fish,’ Simon Peter told them, and
they said, ‘We’ll go with you.’ So they went out and got into
the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
 V 7: Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is
the Lord!’ As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, ‘It is the
Lord,’ he wrapped his outer garment round him (for he had
taken it off) and jumped into the water.
 Vs 10-11: Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish you have
just caught.’ So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and
dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but
even with so many the net was not torn.
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 John 21:15-17 (Read)
 V 15: When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon
Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love (agape) me more
than these?’‘ Yes, Lord,’ he said, ‘you know that I love
(phileo) you.’ Jesus said, ‘Feed my lambs.’
 V 16: Again Jesus said, ‘Simon son of John, do you love
(agape) me?’ He answered, ‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love
(phileo) you.’ Jesus said, ‘Take care of my sheep.’
 V 17: The third time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do
you love (phileo) me?’ Peter was hurt because Jesus asked
him the third time, ‘Do you love (phileo) me?’ He said,
‘Lord, you know all things; you know that I love
(phileo)you.’ Jesus said, ‘Feed my sheep.’
 Note: The ‘third’ time not ‘three times’; i.e. not the same
question each time.
Peter
 John 21:18-19:
 Very truly I tell you, when you
were younger you dressed yourself
and went where you wanted; but
when you are old you will stretch
out your hands, and someone else
will dress you and lead you where
you do not want to go.’ Jesus said
this to indicate the kind of death
by which Peter would glorify God.
Then he said to him, ‘Follow me!’
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Peter
 John 21:20-22
 Peter turned and saw that the disciple
whom Jesus loved was following
them. (This was the one who had
leaned back against Jesus at the
supper and had said, ‘Lord, who is
going to betray you?’) When Peter
saw him, he asked, ‘Lord, what about
him?’ Jesus answered, ‘If I want him
to remain alive until I return, what is
that to you? You must follow me.’
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Peter
 So what next for Peter?
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 Acts 1:12-23 (Read)
 Vs 13-14: Those present were Peter, John, James and
Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and
Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the
Zealot, and Judas son of James. They all joined
together constantly in prayer, along with the women
and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
 Vs 15-16: In those days Peter stood up among the
believers (a group numbering about a hundred and
twenty) and said …
 Vs 20: ‘For,’ said Peter, ‘it is written in the Book of
Psalms:
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 Acts 2:14-36: Peter’s speech to the Jews (vs 14, 22)
 The response: Acts 2:37-41 (read)
 Vs 37: When the people heard this, they were cut to
the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,
‘Brothers, what shall we do?’
 Vs 38-39: Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptised,
every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and
your children and for all who are far off – for all whom
the Lord our God will call.’
 Vs 41: 3,000
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 Acts 3:1-10: Peter heals the crippled beggar
 Acts 3:11-26: Peter’s speech to the men of Israel
 Vs 19-20: Repent, then, and turn to God,
 so that your sins may be wiped out,
 [so]that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
 and [so]that he may send the Messiah, who has been
appointed for you – even Jesus.
 V 21: He must remain in heaven until the time comes
for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago
through his holy prophets. (Compare Acts 1:6: restore)
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 Acts 4:1-23 Before the Sanhedrin
 V 4: 5,000 men believed
 V 8-12 (Read): Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said …
 V 13: When they saw the courage of Peter and John and
realised that they were unschooled, ordinary men,
they were astonished and they took note that these
men had been with Jesus. (Note Luke 21:12-15; read)
 V 19-20: (Read)
 Note: Acts 4:31: Filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke
the word of God boldly.
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 Acts 5:1-11: Ananias and Sapphira
 Vs 3-4 (Read): Then Peter said, ‘Ananias, how is it that
Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy
Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you
received for the land? Didn’t it belong to you before it was
sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your
disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You
have not lied just to human beings but to God.’
 Vs 8-9 (Read): Peter asked her, ‘Tell me, is this the price
you and Ananias got for the land?’ ‘Yes,’ she said, ‘that is the
price.’ Peter said to her, ‘How could you conspire to test the
Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried
your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out
also.’
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 Acts 5:12-16 (Read): The Apostles heal many
 Vs 15: As a result, people brought those who were ill
into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that
at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as
he passed by.
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 Acts 5:17-42: More arrests and more persecution
 Vs 29: Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must
obey God rather than men …
 Vs 30-33 (Read)
 V 34: Gamaliel
 Vs 38-39: (read) Gamaliel’s advice
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 Acts 8:14-17 (read)
 Into Samaria – why? (Verse 1). And the Holy Spirit by
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the laying on of the Apostle’s hands – why?
See also Acts 19:1-7 and compare with Acts 10:44-46.
Question: Why the difference (at that time)?
Note John 14:12: “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes
in me will do the works I have been doing, and they
will do even greater things than these, because I am
going to the Father.”
Question: Why the difference?
Establishing the Apostles as THE leaders in the eyes of
Jewish Christians
Peter
 Simon the sorcerer
 V 13: Simon believed
 Acts 8:18-25 (read)
 Vs 20-24: Peter’s words.
 Vs 25: Peter and John
returned Jerusalem,
preaching the gospel in
many Samaritan villages.
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 Paul meets Peter for the first time
 Acts 9:26-32 (read)
 Galatians 3:18-19: Then after three years, I went up to
Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed
with him fifteen days. I saw none of the other
apostles – only James, the Lord’s brother.
 Note: First mention of James (by name in time) but
note 1 Corinthians 15:7 and Acts 1:14
Peter
 Acts 9:32-43 (read) Peter healing
 Peter in Lydda and healed Aeneas
 Peter in Joppa and healed Tabitha
 Question: What’s wrong with this
painting?
 Answer: Vs 40
 Peter stayed in Joppa
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 Acts 10:1-48: Peter and Cornelius
 Vs 1-8: Cornelius – God-fearing Gentile
 Vs 10-23: Peter’s vision
 Vs 24-29:
 V 28: ‘it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a
Gentile’.
 Note: law = themitos [custom] not nomos [Mosaic
Law]
 Themitos the traditions of the elders; the Pharisaic
additions and changes to the Mosaic Law.
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 V 28: “But God has shown me -” [The meaning of the
vision] – “not to call any man impure or unclean”
 Remember the washing of hands issue – what made a
man unclean!
 Vs 29: “May I ask why you sent for me.”
 Vs 30-33: Cornelius reply.
Peter
 Acts 10:34-43: Peter’s speech to
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Cornelius and his household.
Question: Different from his earlier
speeches to the Jews and men of Israel?
Vs 44: While Peter was still speaking …
Question: What happened?
Vs 44-46:
Note vs 45: The circumcised believers
were astonished.
Question: Why?
Acts 2:17-18 and Joel’s Prophecy
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 Acts 11:1-3 (read) Peter
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Vs 2-3: The criticism.
Question: Who made this
criticism?
Vs 4-17: Peter’s justification
Vs 18: No further
objections
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 Acts 12:1-19 (read) Peter
imprisoned by Herod
 Vs 17: Peter motioned with his
hand for them to be quiet and
described how the Lord had
brought him out of prison. ‘Tell
James and the other brothers
and sisters about this,’ he said,
and then he left for another
place.
 Note: First mention by name
of James, the Lord’s brother in
Acts, but note Acts 1:14.
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 Peter’s second meeting with Paul: Acts 11:27-30 (read)
 Galatians 2:1-10 (read)
 The agreement vs 9: James, Cephas and John, those
esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand
of fellowship when they recognised the grace given to me.
They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to
the circumcised.
 Gentiles = ethnos; nations (in agreement with Acts 9:15;
“my chosen instrument to carry my name before the
Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel.”)
 Acts 12:25 (read)
 Acts 13 – the start of Paul’s first missionary journey
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 Peter in Antioch
 Acts 14:26-28 (read)
 At the end of Paul’s first missionary journey and he
stayed in Antioch ‘a long time’ (v 28).
 Problems in Galatia
 Problems with Peter & Barnabas: Galatians 2:11-21
 Note v 12: Certain men came down from James!!!
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 Acts 15:1-2 (read) Problems in Antioch
 V 1: Some men came down from Judea (not James)
 V 2: Paul and Barnabas could not win the argument
 V 5: Problems in Jerusalem
 Vs 6-7: The apostles and elders met to consider this
question. After much discussion, Peter got up and
addressed them:
 Peter’s support (vs 7-11).
 Vs 12: Paul and Barnabas have their say
 Vs 13: James [the Lord’s brother] spoke up
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 The decision in a letter; Acts 15:23-29 (read)
 Vs 24: We have heard that some went out from us without
our authorisation and disturbed you, troubling your
minds by what they said.
 Note Galatians 2:12: “Before some man came down from
James.”
 Note also: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3:
 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not
to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching
allegedly from us – whether by a prophecy or by word of
mouth or by letter – asserting that the day of the Lord has
already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way …
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 Acts 15:7 is the last mention of Peter except:
 1 Peter 1:1: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s
elect, exiles, scattered throughout the provinces of
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia …
 2 Peter 1:1: Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus
Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our
God and Saviour Jesus Christ have received a faith as
precious as ours:
 Peter, in harmony with the agreement of Galatians 2:9,
wrote to the dispersed of Israel.
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 When did Peter write these two epistles?
 Common view is AD 64-66, but that is
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too late; after Acts 28:25-28.
No positive mention of Gentiles;
1 Peter 4:7: The end of all things is near.
2 Peter 3:3-10: The second coming and
the day of the Lord
1 & 2 Peter have much more in common
with Paul’s earlier letters as well as the
letters of James, John and Jude.
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 2 Peter 3:14-16: (Read)
 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to
this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless
and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord’s
patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul
also wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him.
He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in
them of these matters. His letters contain some things
that are hard to understand, which ignorant and
unstable people distort, as they do the other
Scriptures, to their own destruction.
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 Two points:
 Note 1: What things were hard to understand in Paul’s
earlier letters; i.e. hard for Jewish Christians?
 CD: Things that are hard to understand
 Note 2: See how Peter supports Paul and links Paul’s
letters with the ‘Scriptures’.