Acts 10:47
Then Peter said, "Can any one refuse water for the baptism of these men who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"
Montgomery New Testament
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In Context
46For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.
Cross References
Acts 2:4and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
Acts 8:36And as they were going on their way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said. "See, here is water! What hinders my being baptized?"
Acts 15:8"And God, who knows the hearts of all, gave this testimony in their behalf, by bestowing upon them the Holy Spirit just as he did upon us;
Romans 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto 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 →