Acts 22:16

And, now, what art thou going to do? Arise, and get thyself immersed, and have thy sins bathed away, calling upon his name.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

In Context

15Because thou shalt be a witness to him unto all men, of the things which thou hast seen and heard.

17And it came to pass, when had returned unto Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I came to be in a trance,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 8:14Why are, we, sitting still? Gather yourselves together and let us enter the defenced cities And let us be silent there,—For, Yahweh our God, hath put us to silence And made us drink poisoned water, Because we have sinned against Yahweh.

Acts 2:38And Peter [said] unto them—Repent ye, and let each one of you be immersed, in the name of Jesus Christ, into the remission of your sins,—and ye shall receive the free-gift of the Holy Spirit;

Acts 9:18And, straightway, there fell from him—from his eyes,—as it were scales; he recovered sight also, and, arising, was immersed:

Romans 10:12For there is no distinction—of Jew or Greek,—for, the same [Lord], is Lord of all, being rich unto all who call upon him;

1 Corinthians 6:11And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away,—but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of [our] Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 3:27For ye, as many as, into Christ, have been immersed, have put Christ, on:

Matthew Henry on Acts 22:4-22

Paul's First Defence. 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to… Read the whole commentary →

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