Acts 10:38 - Exposition

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 13:16 . The word rendered "oppressed" ( καταδυναστευομένους ) occurs in the New Testament only here and James 2:6 , but, with its substantive καταδυναστεία , is found repeatedly in the LXX . and the Apocrypha, and in classical Greek, though rarely. A good example of its force is Exodus 1:13 , and of the substantive Exodus 6:7 . It means "to rule over oppressively, and by force." In the explanatory addition, For God was with him , Peter teaches what our Lord himself and St. John in his Gospel so constantly do, that our Lord's miracles were wrought by the power of God (see e.g. John 5:17 , John 5:19 , John 5:30 ; John 7:28 ; John 8:28 ; John 9:3 , John 9:4 ; Luke 11:20 , etc.). The unity of the Son with the Father would be taught later.