Acts 19:4
So Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One who would come after him, that is, into Jesus, the Christ.”
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In Context
3So he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John's baptism.”
5So upon hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11“I baptize you with water unto repentance, but the One coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with Holy Spirit.
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John—where was it from; from heaven or from men?” So they reasoned 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 Prophet of the Most High, because you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
John 1:7This man came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.
John 1:27He is the One coming after me who is now ahead of me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
John 3:28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘ I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of 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 →