Acts 19:4
‘John’s baptism was a baptism on repentance,’ rejoined Paul, ‘and John told the people (speaking of the “one coming” after him) that they should believe in him – that is in Jesus.’
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In Context
3‘What then was your baptism?’ Paul asked.
5On hearing this, they were baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus,
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I, indeed, baptise you with water to teach repentance; but he who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Matthew 21:25It is about John’s baptism. What was its origin? Divine or human?’ But they began arguing among themselves, ‘If we say “divine,” he will say to us “Why then didn’t you believe him?”
Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his way,
John 1:7he came as a witness – to bear witness to the light so that through him everyone might believe.
John 1:27he is coming after me, yet I am not worthy even to unfasten his sandal.’
John 3:28You are yourselves witnesses that I said “I am not the Christ,” but “I have been sent before him as a messenger.”
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 →