Acts 10:47
Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
46And they were talking in tongues, and giving glory to God. Then Peter said,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
Acts 8:36And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?
Acts 15:8And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;
Romans 10:12And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:
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 →