Acts 10:47
Can any one forbid the water for baptising these persons, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
46For they heard them speaking in different languages, and magnifying God. Then Peter addressed them,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.
Acts 8:36But as they went on the road, they came to some water: and the eunuch said, Here is water, what forbids my being baptised?
Acts 15:8And God, who is the discerner of the heart, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as to us;
Romans 10:12For there is no difference between either Jew or Greek: for the same Lord of all is rich to all that 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 →