Acts 19:4
Paul said to them: John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, while he told them to believe in him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
3He said to them: Into what then were ye baptized? They say: Into the baptism of John.
5And when they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is more powerful than I; whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, from whence was it? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, and said: If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why did ye not believe in him?
Luke 1:76And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way,
John 1:7He came for testimony, to bear witness concerning the light.
John 1:27He it is that cometh after me, and was before me, whose shoe-strings I am not worthy to untie.
John 3:28Ye are witnesses for me, that I said: I am not the Messiah, but am sent to go before him.
Matthew Henry on Acts 19:2-8
Paul at Ephesus. 1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that… Read the whole commentary →