Acts 10:46

For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,

In Context

45And all the Jewish believers who had accompanied Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also.

47Then Peter said, "Can any one refuse water for the baptism of these men who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

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Cross References

Mark 16:17Moreover these signs shall follow those who believe. They shall drive out demons in my name; they shall speak with new tongues in foreign languages;

Acts 2:11we all hear these men telling in our own tongue what great things God has done."

1 Corinthians 14:20Brothers, do not become children in understanding; be babes in malice, but in understanding become mature men.

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 →

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