In this present volume we describe the call of Peter and the other apostles. What their acceptance of the call would lead to, they had no idea. In a way it was a daring act on the part of these men. They understood that the Messiah was to gather about Him men to revolt against Herod. The latter had already beheaded John the Baptist for alleged conduct which he supposed jeopardized the interests of His kingdom. The story of how Christ fashioned and molded these men into a nucleus of an army that would shake the Roman Empire to its foundations is an epic one.
—Gordon Lindsay