Bible Verses About Peter

“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name! Look here! you have filled Yerushalayim with your teaching; moreover, you are determined to make us responsible for this man’s death!”

Kefa and the other emissaries answered, “We must obey God, not men.

The God of our fathers raised up Yeshua, whereas you men killed him by having him hanged on a stake.

God has exalted this man at his right hand as Ruler and Savior, in order to enable Isra’el to do t’shuvah and have her sins forgiven.

We are witnesses to these things; so is the Ruach HaKodesh, whom God has given to those who obey him.”

On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were infuriated and wanted to put the emissaries to death.

But one of the members of the Sanhedrin rose to his feet, a Parush named Gamli’el, a teacher of the Torah highly respected by all the people. He ordered the men put outside for a little while

and then addressed the court: “Men of Isra’el, take care what you do to these people.

Some time ago, there was a rebellion under Todah, who claimed to be somebody special; and a number of men, maybe four hundred, rallied behind him. But upon his being put to death, his whole following was broken up and came to nothing.

After this, Y’hudah HaG’lili led another uprising, back at the time of the enrollment for the Roman tax; and he got some people to defect to him. But he was killed, and all his followers were scattered.

So in the present case, my advice to you is not to interfere with these people, but to leave them alone. For if this idea or this movement has a human origin, it will collapse.

But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them; you might even find yourselves fighting God!” They heeded his advice.

After summoning the emissaries and flogging them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Yeshua, and let them go.

The emissaries left the Sanhedrin overjoyed at having been considered worthy of suffering disgrace on account of him.

And not for a single day, either in the Temple court or in private homes, did they stop teaching and proclaiming the Good News that Yeshua is the Messiah.

When the emissaries in Yerushalayim heard that Shomron had received the Word of God, they sent them Kefa and Yochanan,

who came down and prayed for them, that they might receive the Ruach HaKodesh.

For until then he had not come upon any of them; they had only been immersed into the name of the Lord Yeshua.

Then, as Kefa and Yochanan placed their hands on them, they received the Ruach HaKodesh.

Shim‘on saw that the Spirit was given when the emissaries placed their hands on them, and he offered them money.

“Give this power to me, too,” he said, “so that whoever I place my hands on will receive the Ruach HaKodesh.”

But Kefa said to him, “Your silver go to ruin — and you with it, for thinking the free gift of God can be bought!

You have no part at all in this matter; because in the eyes of God, your heart is crooked.

So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps you will yet be forgiven for holding such a thought in your heart.

For I see that you are extremely bitter and completely under the control of sin!”