Acts 19:4
Then Paul said: John baptized the people with the baptism of penance, saying: That they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he said: In what then were you baptized? Who said: In John's baptism.
5Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying:
Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:
John 1:7This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him.
John 1:27The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.
John 3:28You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.
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 →