Acts 10:37
“you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;”
What does Acts 10:37 mean?
Peter is reminding his listeners about something they already witnessed or heard about, so there's a warmth and shared understanding in his words. He's referring to Jesus' ministry, which started gaining attention after John the Baptist baptized him, and spread from Galilee throughout the whole Jewish region. The point Peter is making is that these weren't secret events whispered in corners, but publicly known happenings that his audience would have heard about through various channels. He's grounding his message in their common knowledge, which makes his next claim (that Jesus rose from the dead) feel like it's building on something real and observable rather than invented.