Acts 22:16

So now ◄do not delay!/why delay?► [RHQ] Stand up, let me baptize you, and by praying to the Lord Jesus ask God to forgive you (sg) for your sins!’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

In Context

15He wants you to tell people everywhere what you have seen and heard from him.

17“Later, I returned to Jerusalem. One day I went to the Temple courtyard. While I was praying there, I saw a vision in which

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Cross References

Jeremiah 8:14Then the people will say, “◄Why should we wait here in these small towns?/We should not wait here in these small towns.► [RHQ]! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, but even if we do that we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; it is as though [MET] he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him.

Acts 2:38Peter answered them, “Each of you should turn away from your sinful behavior. Then we(exc) will baptize you, if you now believe in Jesus Christ. Then God will give you the Holy Spirit.

Acts 9:18Instantly, things like fish scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized { Ananias baptized him} immediately.

Romans 10:12God treats Jews and non-Jews similarly. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he abundantly blesses all who ask him to save them.

1 Corinthians 6:11Some of you previously did things like that. But God has freed/cleansed you [MET] from your sinful behavior. He has set you apart for himself. He has erased the record of your sins because you trusted [MTY] in the Lord Jesus Christ and because of what the Spirit of our God has done for you.

Galatians 3:27That is, you who began a relationship with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves [MET] with Christ.

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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