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23trusted to me the good news forthose who are uncircumcised, justas Peter had it for those whoare circumcised-for He who gavePeter powers necessary for anapostleship to those who are circumcisedgave powers also to mefor those who are of the nations ;yes, when they came to knowthe undeserved kindness whichwas given me, James and Cephasand John, the ones who seemedto be pillars, gave me and Barnabasthe right hand of joint participation,that we should go tothe nations, but they to thosewho are circumcised ."1 Pet. 5 :13 "She who is inBabylon, a chosen one like you,sends you her greetings ."Peter Was MarriedMark 1 :30 "Now Simon's mother-in-lawwas lying down sickwith a fever ."Luke 4:38 "Now Simon's mother-in-lawwas afflicted with a highfever ."1 Cor. 9:5 "We have authorityto lead about a sister as a wife,even as the rest of the apostlesand the Lord's brothers and Cephas,do we not?"Apostles Had Power to TransmitGifts of Holy Spirit; Not AllPopes Claim ThisActs 8 :14-17 "When the apostlesin Jerusalem heard that Samariahad accepted the word ofGod, they dispatched Peter andJohn to them . . . . Then they wentto laying their hands upon them,and they began to receive holyspirit ."Acts 10 :44-46 "While Peter wasyet speaking about these mattersthe holy spirit fell upon all thosehearing the word. . . . For theyheard them speaking with tonguesand glorifying God."Acts 19 :6 "And when Paul laidhis hands upon them, the holyspirit came upon them, and theybegan speaking with tongues andprophesying ."Apostolic SuccessionPeter Had Gift of DiscerningSpirits, Healing, Forgiving Sins,Expelling Demons, Raising theDead ; Not All Popes Claim AllThese PowersActs 5 :1-11 "However, a certainman, Ananias by name, togetherwith Sapphira his wife, sold apossession and secretly held backsome of the price, his wife alsoknowing about it, . But Petersaid : `Ananias, to what end hasSatan emboldened you to playfalse to the holy spirit and tohold back secretly some of theprice of the field? . . . You haveplayed false, not to men, but toGod .' . Peter said to her [Ananias'wife] : `Why was it agreedupon between you two to make atest of the spirit of Jehovah?Look! the feet of those whoburied your husband are at thedoor, and they will carry youout .' Instantly she fell down athis feet and expired ."John 20 :22, 23 "And after hesaid this he [Jesus] blew uponthem and said to them : `Receiveholy spirit . If you forgive thesins of any persons, they standforgiven to them ; if you retainthose of any persons, they standretained .'"Matt . 10:1 "So he summonedhis twelve disciples and gavethem authority over uncleanspirits, in order to expel theseand to cure every kind of diseaseand every kind of ailment ."Mark 3 :14-16 "And he formeda group of twelve, whom he alsonamed `apostles', that they mightcontinue with him and that hemight send them out to preachand to have authority to expelthe demons . And the group oftwelve that he formed were Simon,to whom he also gave thesurname `Peter' ."Acts 9 :36-41 "But in Joppathere was a certain disciplenamed Tabitha, which, whentranslated, means Dorcas . . . . shehappened to fall sick and die .. But Peter put everybody outsideand, bending his knees, he