Acts 11:16

And I remembered the word of our Lord, when he said: John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

In Context

15And when I there commenced speaking, the Holy Spirit overshadowed them, as it did us from the beginning.

17If then God equally gave the gift to the Gentiles that believed in our Lord Jesus Messiah, as he did to us: who was I, that I could forbid God?

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Cross References

Mark 1:8I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 24:8And they remembered his words.

John 1:33And I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me- On whom thou seest the Spirit descend, and rest upon him, he baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19

Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →

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