Quotes about Peter
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
- Acts 11:13
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Acts 12:3
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
- Acts 12:5
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
- Acts 12:6
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
“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
- Acts 12:8
So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
- Acts 12:9
Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
- Acts 12:11
When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
- Acts 12:14
Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
- Acts 12:17
At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
- Acts 12:18
After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
- Acts 15:7