Acts 8:14 - Exposition

The apostles (see Acts 8:1 ). They sent unto them Peter and John . The selection of these two chief apostles shows the great importance attached to the conversion of the Samaritans. The joint act of the college of apostles in sending them demonstrates that Peter was not a pope, but a brother apostle, albeit their primate; and that the government of the Church was in the apostolate, not in one of the number.