Acts 10:47

Baptism

⁴⁵ All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

⁴⁶ For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

⁴⁸ So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
KJV: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
WEB: “Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.”
ASV: Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
DARBY: Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also [did]?
BLB: “Is anyone able to withhold the water to baptize these who have received the Holy Spirit just as we also [have]?”

ÅB: Da svarte Peter: Mon noen kan nekte dem vannet, så de ikke skulle bli døpt, de som har fått den Hellige Ånd slik som vi?
OTB: "Sannelig, ingen kan hindre disse menneskene i å bli døpt med vann. De har mottatt Den Hellige Ånd akkurat som vi har."
B1930: Da svarte Peter: Mon nogen kan nekte dem vannet, så de ikke skulde bli døpt, de som har fått den Hellige Ånd likesom vi?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 8:36
As 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?”
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Romans 10:12
For 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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Acts 11:15–17
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
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Acts 15:8–9
And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
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Genesis 17:24–26
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
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Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
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Acts 8:12
But 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.
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Romans 4:11
And 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.
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