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Acts 10:47

Baptism

45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

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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.

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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?

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Cross references

  • Acts 8:36

    And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

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  • Romans 10:12

    For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

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  • Acts 11:15–17

    And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

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  • Acts 15:8–9

    And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;

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  • Genesis 17:24–26

    And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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  • Acts 8:12

    But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning 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, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

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