Acts 10:47
Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also [did]?
Darby Translation
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In Context
46for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave to them to speak forth.
Acts 8:36And as they went along the way, they came upon a certain water, and the eunuch says, Behold water; what hinders my being baptised?
Acts 15:8And the heart-knowing God bore them witness, giving [them] the Holy Spirit as to us also,
Romans 10:12For there is no difference of Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all [is] rich towards all that 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 →