Acts 10:46-47
Then Peter
responded, "Can anyone withhold the water
for baptizing these people, who have received the holy
Spirit even as we have?"
The Gospels make explicit
statements about Peter's unique
role
in the church.
Luke 22:31-32
"Simon,
Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all
of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith
may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must
strengthen your brothers."