ACTS 10:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
'how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.'—the anointment language (chriō, the root of 'Christ') marks Jesus as the Messiah-King upon whom the Spirit rests with eschatological power. 'Doing good' (agathopoieō) echoes Cornelius's own righteous works (9:36); Jesus's deeds define kingdom-work. The phrase 'all who were oppressed by the devil' (tous katadunasteumenous hypo tou diabolou) shows disease and demonization as demonic oppression; healing is liberation.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:38
even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and with power. Acts 10:38 He does not mean, You know Jesus, for they did not know Him, but he speaks of the things done by Him: Who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: by this he shows that many cases of lost senses or paralyzed limbs are the devil's work, and a wrench given to the body by him: as also Christ said. For God was with Him. Again, lowly terms.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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