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Acts 10:38
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36 The word which God sent to the1 children of Israel, apreaching peace through Jesus Christ—bHe is Lord of all—  
37 that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and abegan from Galilee after the baptism which John preached:  
38 how aGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who bwent about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, cfor God was with Him.  
39 And we are awitnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom1 they bkilled by hanging on a tree.  
40 Him aGod raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly,  
41 anot to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us bwho ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.  
42 And aHe commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify bthat it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge cof the living and the dead.  
43 aTo Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, bwhoever believes in Him will receive cremission of sins.”  
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Acts 10:38

Jesus of Nazareth (Ihsoun ton apo Nazareq). Jesus the one from Nazareth, the article before the city identifying him clearly. The accusative case is here by proleyiv, Jesus being expressed for emphasis before the verb "anointed" and the pronoun repeated pleonastically after it. "Jesus transfers the mind from the gospel-history to the personal subject of it" (Hackett).

God anointed him (exrisen, auton, o qeov). First aorist active of the verb xriw, to anoint, from which the verbal Xristov is formed (Acts 2:36). The precise event referred to by Peter could be the Incarnation (Luke 1:35 f.), the Baptism (Luke 3:22), the Ministry at Nazareth (Luke 4:14). Why not to the life and work of Jesus as a whole?

Went about doing good (dihlqen euergetwn). Beautiful description of Jesus. Summary (constative) aorist active of diereomai, to go through (dia) or from place to place. The present active participle euergetwn is from the old verb euergetew (eu, well, ergon, work) and occurs only here in the N.T. The substantive euergethv (benefactor) was often applied to kings like Ptolemy Euergetes and that is the sense in Luke 22:25 the only N.T. example. But the term applies to Jesus far more than to Ptolemy or any earthly king (Cornelius a Lapide).

And healing (kai iwmenov). And in particular healing. Luke does not exclude other diseases (cf. Luke 13:11, Luke 13:16), but he lays special emphasis on demoniacal possession (cf. Mark 1:23).

That were oppressed (touv katadunasteuomenouv). Present passive articular participle of katadunasteuw. A late verb in LXX and papyri. In the N.T. only here and James 2:6 (best MSS.). One of the compounds of kata made transitive. The reality of the devil (the slanderer, diabolov) is recognized by Peter.

For God was with him (oti o qeov hn met autou). Surely this reason does not reveal "a low Christology" as some charge. Peter had used the same language in Acts 7:9 and earlier in Luke 1:28, Luke 1:66 as Nicodemus does in John 3:2.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 10:38:

Matthew 3:1
Luke 1:2
John 3:2
Acts 2:32
Acts 10:37
Acts 10:42
James 2:6

 

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