# Acts 10:36

> He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

— Acts 10:36, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Caesarea** (Judea · today Caesarea Maritima) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/caesarea

## When

- c. AD 40-44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.

## Who ruled

- **Caligula**, emperor of Rome, AD 37-41 · Source: Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44

## What happened

- **Cornelius receives the Spirit** (AD 40)
  A Roman officer and his household receive the Spirit before any Jewish rite. It is the decision the church spends the next chapters trying to understand.

## See also

- Acts 2:36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/36
- Matthew 28:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/18
- Revelation 17:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/17/14
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/15/27
- 1 Peter 3:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/3/22
- Revelation 1:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/18
- Psalms 2:6-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/2/6
- 2 Corinthians 5:18-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/5/18

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/36
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).