Mark 1:8
I indeed immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in Holy Spirit.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:23Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Joel 2:28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see visions.
Acts 1:5Because John indeed immersed in water, but ye will be immersed in Holy Spirit after not many of these days.
Acts 2:17And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams.
Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as also on us at the beginning.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9
Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →