1. Acts 10:38 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

When was Jesus anointed with the Holy Spirit?

Acts 10:38 (ESV)

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Jesus was publicly anointed with the Holy Spirit at his baptism, a testimony to the fact that he is the Messiah (see Luke 3:21–23). From this moment onwards the Spirit equipped and strengthened him to do the work of ministry to which God had called him. His actions demonstrated the arrival of the kingdom of God in power.1