Acts 19:4
And Paul said, John indeed immersed an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus, the Christ.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he said to them, Into what then were ye immersed? And they said, Into John's immersion.
5And when they heard this, they were immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.
Matthew 21:25The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?
Luke 1:76And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of Lord, to prepare his ways,
John 1:7This man came for testimony so that he might testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.
John 1:27He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe.
John 3:28Ye yourselves testify that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent ahead of that man.
Matthew Henry on Acts 19:2-8
Paul at Ephesus. 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 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. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that… Read the whole commentary →