Acts 10:42 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 10:42

And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

Therefore, he confirms Christ's resurrection by the fact that they ate with him after the resurrection. For he did not make any sign from the resurrection; for the resurrection itself was a great sign, and there was no such sign of a resurrection as eating …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he commanded us, to preach unto the people,.... Not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; to all nations, to the whole world, and every creature; for the apostle seems to refer to the commission given to him, and the rest of the apostles, after Christ's resurrection, Mat 28:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

It is he who is ordained by God the Judge of the living and the dead - Of all men, whether they are alive at his coming, or had died before it. This was declaring to them, in the strongest terms, how entirely their happiness depended on a timely and humble subjection to him who was to be their final Judge.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And he commanded us to preach - By thus assuring them that Jesus Christ was appointed to judge the world, he at once showed them the necessity of subjection to him, that they might stand in the day of his appearing. The Judge of quick and dead - The word quick we retain from our ancient mother tongue, the Saxon, to live, and from this our quicks, quick-set hedges, fences made of living thorns, etc. By quick and dead we are to understand:

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1476: “Jesus, the Judge” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1879)

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
παρήγγειλεν	parēngeilen	He instructed	G3853 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	us	G3165 →
κηρύξαι	kēruxai	to proclaim	G2784 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
λαῷ	laō	people	G2992 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
διαμαρτύρασθαι	diamarturasthai	to testify fully	G1263 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὗτός	houtos	He	G3778 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
ὡρισμένος	hōrismenos	appointed	G3724 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
κριτὴς	kritēs	[as] judge	G2923 →
ζώντων	zōntōn	of living	G2198 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
νεκρῶν.	nekrōn	dead.	G3498 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
leads to
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 22:12
  “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14
  For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Ephesians 6:8
  because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
- Psalms 62:12
  and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
Through
2 Timothy 4:1
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:8
  From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who…
- 1 Timothy 5:21
  I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.
Through
1 Peter 4:5
But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
leads to
- James 5:9
  Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!