Lesson XXXIX. About the Apostle Peter

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut · 1907

Retold story (not Scripture)
This is a storyteller's retelling from an old children's book. Read the Bible passage for God's own words.

Bible: Acts 9—12 · 1 min read · All ages

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(Tell Story 7 in Part Seventh.)

1. To what place did the Apostle Pē´tẽr go? To Jŏp´pȧ, by the Great Sea.

2. What did Pē´tẽr do by a prayer at Jŏp´pȧ? He raised a woman to life.

3. Who was this woman whom Pē´tẽr raised to life? A good woman named Dôr´cas.

4. What did God teach Pē´tẽr in a dream at Jŏp´pȧ? That people of every land and nation might be saved.

5. What did the Jews̝ call the people of every nation except themselves? Ġĕn´tīles̝.

6. To what Ġĕn´tīle did God send Pē´tẽr to preach the gospel? To Côr-nē´-lĭ-us a Rō´man officer.

7. What did Pē´tẽr and the church at Je̍̄-rṳ´sa̍̄-lĕm learn from this? To preach Chrīst to the Ġĕn´tīles̝.

8. What was done to Pē´tẽr after this at Je̍̄-rṳ´sa̍̄-lĕm? He was put in prison.

9. What did the king intend to do with Pē´tẽr on the next day? To put him to death.

10. What happened to Pē´tẽr on that night? He was set free by an angel.

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Hurlbut's Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., copyright 1907). Public domain. Transcription by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (pgdp.net). printed page 54. Source

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