Acts 10:47
“Surely no one can forbid water, can he, that these should not be baptized who received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
46For they heard them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:36Now as they were going down the road, they came upon some water. And the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water: what prevents me from being baptized?”
Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as also He did to us,
Romans 10:12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on 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 →