Acts 10:47
Can anyone forbid water for these to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
Revised King James New Testament
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46For they heard them speaking with tongues, and magnifying God. Then Peter said,
Cross References
Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:36And as they went on their way, they came to some water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what prevents me from being baptized?
Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us;
Romans 10:12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord is Lord over all, bestowing his riches on 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 →