ACTS 10:42 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.”
'He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.'—the risen Jesus's command (diasteilato hēmin) gives the great commission its content: preach, testify, proclaim. The declaration 'judge of the living and the dead' (kritēs zōntōn kai nekrōn) is eschatological attribution; Christ holds the final judgment. This legal office (judge) flows from his messianic identity.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. Acts 10:42 This is great. Then he adduces the testimony from the Prophets:
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