sprinkled with his blood. Peter closes his trinitarian introduction with the mention of being sprinkled with Jesus Christ’s blood. Although Peter is talking now about Jesus, what he is saying is still within the domain of the sanctifying work of the Spirit, meaning that God the Father planned salvation; Jesus accomplished God’s plan through his life, death, resurrection, and ascension; and the Holy Spirit enacts or applies what Jesus has done to the lives of believers. The Greek word for “sprinkled”