Mark 1:8

I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

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In The King James Version

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

In Context

7And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

9And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:23Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

Isaiah 44:3For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.

Acts 1:5For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

Acts 2:17And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:

Acts 11:15And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

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 →

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