Acts 10:47
Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit even as we also?
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
46For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then answered Peter:
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:36And as they went along the way, they came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders that I should be immersed?
Acts 15:8And God who knows the heart bore them witness, giving to them the Holy Spirit, as also to us;
Romans 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for the same is Lord of all, rich toward 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 →