Quotes about Peter
And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
— Acts 8:25
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13
— Andrew Murray
But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
— Matthew 16:23
“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus declared.
— Matthew 17:26
Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
— Acts 12:7
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
— Matthew 10:2
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
— Matthew 16:18
After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
— Matthew 17:1
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.
— Galatians 2:7
Harriet was angry, and her face showed it. Men; when they got together they were all alike--even Peter. For a moment he and Kirk stood together on the far side of a chasm, and she hated them both.
— Dorothy Sayers
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
— Acts 10:17
For this is what GOD means when Peter says: "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of GOD" (1 Peter 5:6), and for this reason He humbles and disciplines His saints so that they should not be proud.
— Martin Luther