Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 10:38 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Acts 10:38
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The word which {God} sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
That word, {I say}, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
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.
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
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