Acts 19:4
But Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John's baptism.”
5And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John—where was it from? From heaven or from men?” And they were arguing among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; 1 For you will go before the face of the Lord 1 To prepare His ways, 1
John 1:7This man came for a testimony, so that he might testify concerning the Light, so that all through him might believe.
John 1:27He is the One who comes after me, who ranks before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal.”
John 3:28You yourselves bear witness that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been 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 →