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Acts 22:16

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14 Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.

15 You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

17 Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

18 and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’

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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
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
KJV
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
WEB
Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
ASV
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
DARBY
And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.
BLB
And now, why do you delay? Having arisen, be baptized and wash away your sins, having called on His name.’
ÅB
Og nå, hva bier du etter? stå opp og la deg døpe og få avvasket dine synder, idet du påkaller hans navn.
OTB
Hvorfor nøler du nå? Reis deg, bli døpt, og vask bort dine synder ved å påkalle hans navn.’
B1930
Og nu, hvad bier du efter? stå op og la dig døpe og få avtvettet dine synder, idet du påkaller hans navn.

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Cross references

  • Acts 2:38

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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  • Acts 2:21

    And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

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  • Titus 3:5

    He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

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  • Hebrews 10:22

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:11

    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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  • 1 Peter 3:21

    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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  • Psalms 119:60

    I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

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  • Galatians 3:27

    For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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