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Acts 19:4

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Faith

2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

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

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

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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
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
KJV
Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
WEB
Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
ASV
And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.
DARBY
And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
BLB
And Paul said, “John baptized a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
ÅB
Da sa Paulus: Johannes, han døpte med omvendelses dåp, idet han sa til folket at de skulle tro på den som kom etter ham, det er på Jesus.
OTB
Paulus forklarte: «Johannes døpte med omvendelsens dåp, og han sa til folket at de skulle tro på den som kom etter ham, det vil si på Jesus.»
B1930
Da sa Paulus: Johannes, han døpte med omvendelses dåp, idet han sa til folket at de skulde tro på den som kom efter ham, det er på Jesus.

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Cross references

  • Acts 1:5

    For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

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  • John 1:29–34

    The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

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  • Acts 11:16

    Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

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  • Luke 3:16–18

    John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

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  • John 1:27

    He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

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  • Acts 13:23–25

    Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

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  • John 3:28–36

    Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

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  • John 1:7

    The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

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