Misinterpretations of this passage often wrongly attribute judging authority to the apostles themselves instead of Jesus, whom God appointed as the sole Judge, or confine judgment solely to the physically dead while ignoring 'quick' meaning the living, thus distorting the verse's emphasis on Christ's universal and imminent role in final accountability for everyone.
Acts 10:42
King James Version (1769)
42 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.
In Acts 10:42, Peter recounts Jesus' command to the apostles to preach and testify to the people that He is the one God ordained as Judge of the living and the dead, highlighting Christ's supreme divine authority over all humanity, both currently alive and deceased, as part of the apostolic proclamation of the gospel to all nations, including Gentiles like Cornelius.