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How many people were said to have converted after St. Peterās Pentecost sermon?
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St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle, painting by Gerardus Laurentius Keultjes, 1816; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Following St. Peterās sermon at Pentecost, it is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles that approximately 3,000 people were converted to the faith.1