Acts 19:3

"Into what then were you baptized?" he asked. "Into John's baptism," they replied.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

In Context

2"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you first believed?" he asked them. "No," they replied, "we did not even hear that there is a Holy Spirit."

4"John," he said, "administered a baptism of repentance, bidding the people believe on One who was to come after him; namely, on Jesus."

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Cross References

Matthew 3:1About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, preaching in the Desert of Judaea.

Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being Governor of Judaea, Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

Acts 18:25He had been instructed by word of mouth in the way of the Lord, and, being full of burning zeal, he used to speak and teach accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew of no baptism but John's.

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 →

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