Acts 10:47
Can any one forbid waters that they should not be baptized, they who, behold, have received the Spirit of Holiness as well as we?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
46For they heard them speaking with tongues; and they magnified Aloha. And Shemun said,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in several tongues as the Spirit gave them to speak.
Acts 8:36And as they went in the way they came to a certain place which had water in it, and that eunuch said, Behold the water; what is the hinderance that I should be baptized?
Acts 15:8And Aloha, who knoweth what is in the hearts, testified of them, and gave them the Spirit of Holiness, as to us.
Romans 10:12And in this he hath not distinguished nor the Jihudoya nor the Aramoya; for one is the Lord of them all, who is rich toward every one who calleth on 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 →