Acts 10:47
“Can anyone keep water from these people so they should not be baptized, these people who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?”
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46For they heard these Gentiles speak in other languages and praising God. Then Peter answered,
Cross References
Acts 2:4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.
Acts 8:36As they went on the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water here. What prevents me from being baptized?”
Acts 15:8God, who knows the heart, witnesses to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us;
Romans 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is Lord of all, and he is rich to all who call upon 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 →