On the Day of Pentecost, who stood up and preached the first major sermon of the early Church?
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Correct answer: Peter
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter addressed the crowd in Jerusalem as recorded in Acts 2. His sermon resulted in approximately 3,000 people being baptized that day.
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