Acts 10:47
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)““Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!””
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““Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Then answered Peter, `The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive--even as also we?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 10:47 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:24So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Acts 8:12But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
- Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
- Acts 11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
- Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
- Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
- Romans 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
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