The Apostle Peter

In the Holy Bible, St. Peter was viewed as the leader of the Apostles.  Signs of his leadership are the following: 

1.  Christ's selection of the twelve Apostles from among His many disciples is recorded in all the Gospels except John and also in the Acts of the Apostles (Matthew 10:2-3, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-6, and Acts 1:13).  In these four places the names of the twelve are given, but not in the same order.  Peter is at the head of all four lists, although he was not the first follower, nor the oldest.   Judas Isacariot is invariably mentioned last. 

2.  When Peter acknowledge Christ as the Son of God, our Lord declared that such knowledge was a revelation from God, and on account of his open confession of the truth, Christ promised to build His Church upon him, the Rock, and to entrust to him His entire household.  This was the symbolism of the keys (Matthew 16:18-19).  The keys symbolized "authority." 

3.  St. Peter is regarded by Jesus as the Chief Shepherd after Himself (John 21:15-17) over the universal Church when Christ told him to take care of his entire flock.

4.  Christ told Peter to pay the tribute for himself and Peter, indicating that Peter is Christ's representative on earth (Matthew 17:24-27).

5.  Although St. John was the first to reach the tomb of Jesus, he did not enter.  Instead, he waited for Peter and Peter entered the tomb first.  The fact that St. John waited for Peter showed that he recognized Peter as the leader who should enter the tomb of Christ first (Luke 24:12 and John 20:6). 

6.  It was Peter who called and took the lead in calling a replacement for Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:22). 

7.  Throughout the Bible, Peter was the spokesman for the Apostles and after Pentecost, he was the first to preach the Gospel (Acts 2:14-26). 

8.  Peter was the first one to baptize the Gentiles (Acts 10:9-48). 

9.  Peter was the first one to recognize heresy and excommunicate Simon Magus (Acts 8:14-24). 

10.  Peter was the one who performed the first miracle (Acts 3:6-12). 

These are only a sample showing Peter's leadership.  There are many more in the Bible. The most important one is the fact that Christ gave Peter and only Peter the keys and entrusted him into taking care of His entire household.