# Acts 10:38

> how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

— Acts 10:38, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- Luke 4:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/4/18
- Isaiah 61:1-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/61/1
- Acts 2:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/22
- Isaiah 11:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/11/2
- John 3:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/3/34
- Hebrews 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/1/9
- Psalms 45:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/45/7
- John 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/3/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/38
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).