Acts 10:47
Can any man forbid the water for these not to be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also?
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In Context
46For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled of Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to declare.
Acts 8:36And as they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch says, Look, water! What prevents me to be immersed?
Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us.
Romans 10:12For there is no distinction of a Jew and also of a Greek, for the same Lord is of all men, being rich toward all those who call upon him.
Matthew Henry on Acts 10:45-48
The Effect of Peter's Sermon. 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 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, 47 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… Read the whole commentary →