As Christ's representatives the apostles were to make a decided impression on the world. The fact that they were humble men would not diminish their influence, but increase it; for the minds of their hearers would be carried from them to the Saviour, who, though unseen, was still working with them. The wonderful teaching of the apostles, their 23 words of courage and trust, would assure all that it was not in their own power that they worked, but in the power of Christ. Humbling themselves, they would declare that He whom the Jews had crucified was the Prince of life, the Son of the living God, and that in His name they did the works that He had done.

Som repræsentanter for Kristus måtte apostlene gøre det dybeste indtryk på verden. Den kendsgerning, at de var jævne mennesker, ville ikke forringe deres indflydelse, men forøge den; for deres tilhøreres tanker måtte føres fra dem til Frelseren, som, skønt usynlig, stadig arbejdede sammen med dem. Apostlenes vidunderlige lære, deres ord, som var fulde af mod og tro, vakte hos alle forvisning om, at det ikke var af egen kraft, de handlede, men i Kristi kraft. De forringede sig selv og erklærede, at han, som jøderne havde korsfæstet, var livets fyrste, den levende Guds Søn, og at det var i hans navn, at de gjorde de gerninger, som han havde gjort.