Acts 19:3

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““Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.”

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BSBPD

““Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 19:3 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 3:1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
  2. Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  3. Luke 3:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
  4. Acts 8:16For the Holy Spirit had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
  5. Acts 18:25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  6. 1 Corinthians 12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

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