Quotes About Apostles

Smith glanced across the river. "But it's intolerable just letting it run on like this. We've got to stop it!" "That is just what the apostles said. They could not understand why the Lord had to die.

Peter looked at Jesus and said, 'Get away from me; I'm a sinful man.' A dumb guy from Galilee named Pete. Jesus made him into Bishop of Rome, chief of the apostles, the foundation stone. Christ built a Church on all that weakness. That's what hit me most of all, the weakness. Inside the weakness was a terrific secret.

in this book I want to address a question that I think is commonly in the minds of Christian people when they read the Acts of the Apostles: what can we learn from these people who turned the world upside down in so short a space of time?

Jesus himself complained that his apostles kept asking for more miracles or proofs, before they could fully believe him. They were full of doubts and he knew it.

Many, especially the multitude, believed in Jesus. But those who were very close to him, his apostles, doubted his every word and gesture. Only a few were loyal to him.

Necesitamos ser como los apóstoles, que fueron conocidos por sus hechos y no sólo por su palabrería.

The apostles were treating the resurrection in a way akin to what scientists today call a crucial experiment—an event that confirms or disconfirms an entire theory (or an entire theology). In their minds, historical facts and spiritual truths must cohere. Facts and faith must agree. Truth is a unity.

I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.

Verso il denaro nutro una specie di rancore misto a disagio, verso la miseria un odio misto a ribrezzo, per i falsi apostoli dell'uguaglianza un disprezzo illimitato.

The truth is, the secular world isn't too enamored with Jesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people to Jesus. So if you're out there talking about people's sins, and you're talking about righteousness, you will get pushback. Jesus Himself did. The apostles did. I mean, there's persecution all up and down the line.

Inasmuch as the history of salvation is a unified reality—stretching from the far reaches of biblical history through the life of God's People in both testaments, and extending even to the event of the Lord's Second Coming—the Church has consistently believed, from the time of the Apostles, that the Old Testament Scriptures continue to function as our "instructor unto Christ" (Gal. 3:24).

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.

When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;

Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;

Then the apostles returned and reported to Jesus all that they had done. Taking them away privately, He withdrew to a town called Bethsaida.

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ëI will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.í

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”

When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles.

It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.