The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:38
The imitable and inimitable in Jesus Christ. I. THAT IN CHRIST WHICH IS INIMITABLE BY US . 1. God sent him on a mission altogether higher than our own. He " anointed him" to be the Redeemer of a world, to be its Savior by suffering and dying in its stead, by revealing truth which it could not possibly have discovered. 2. God dwelt in him as he dues not and could not do in us. He was anointed " with the Holy Ghost," and God "gave not the Spirit by measure unto... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:38
Even Jesus of Nazareth, how that God anointed him for how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth. The reference to the anointing ( Isaiah 61:1 ; Luke 4:18 , Luke 4:21 ; Matthew 1:16 , Matthew 1:17 ; Acts 4:27 ) was necessary to represent him as God's Christ (see Acts 9:22 ). For the designation, of Nazareth , comp. Acts 2:22 ; Acts 3:26 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 6:14 ; Luke 24:20 . Oppressed of the devil . This ascription of disease to Satan agrees with Job 2:7 and Luke... read more