God will judge the quick and the dead? Quick what?
"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." ( Acts 10:42) This is the climax of the first Christian sermon to the Gentiles delivered by Peter in the house of the Roman centurion , Cornelius. Peter emphasized the truth that Jesus was not just the promised Messiah of Israel , but that "he is Lord of all" (Acts 10:36), and that it is He alone who will judge the "quick and dead." This striking phrase occurs only three times in the Bible, each time denoting that Christ is Judge of all men. Paul wrote to Timothy as follows: "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ , who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word" (2 Timothy 4:1-2). Peter wrote concerning the gross Gentile sins from which his readers had been delivered: "|They| shall give account to him that is ready to judge the qui