Acts 10:42

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

41Not by all the people, but by witnesses marked out before by God, even by us, who took food and drink with him after he came back from the dead.

43To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:19Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

Luke 24:47And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

John 21:21Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man?

Acts 1:8But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Acts 5:20Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.

Acts 17:31Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:35-44

Peter Preaches in the House of Cornelius. 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth… Read the whole commentary →

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