Bible Stories for Kids › Week 38: The Church Begins › Day 261

Peter Preaches

A Bible story for kids from Acts 2:14–41. Day 261 of 365.

Peter stood up in front of the big crowd. Remember how scared Peter was before? Now he was brave!

Peter said, “Jesus died on the cross, but God raised Him from the dead! He is the King God promised!”

The people asked, “What should we do?” Peter said, “Turn to God and be baptized in Jesus' name, and God will forgive you!” That day, 3,000 people believed!

Key Verse

And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.Acts 2:21, ESV

Talk About It

How was Peter different from the night he denied Jesus?

Story Questions

Who preached to the crowd?

Peter

What did Peter say about Jesus?

God raised Him from the dead

How many people believed that day?

About 3,000

Try This Today

Count out 3,000 of something, like grains of rice, or just imagine how big that crowd was!

Pray Together

Jesus, I call on your name. Thank you that everyone who calls on you will be saved. Amen.