Acts 19:4
"John," he said, "administered a baptism of repentance, bidding the people believe on One who was to come after him; namely, on Jesus."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
3"Into what then were you baptized?" he asked. "Into John's baptism," they replied.
5On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;
Cross References
Matthew 3:11I indeed am baptizing you in water on a profession of repentance; but He who is coming after me is mightier than I: His sandals I am not worthy to carry for a moment; He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
Matthew 21:25John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say `a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, `Why then did you not believe him?'
Luke 1:76And you moreover, O child, shall be called Prophet of the Most High; For you shall go on in front before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
John 1:7He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.
John 1:27He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten."
John 3:28You yourselves can bear witness to my having said, `I am not the Christ,' but `I am His appointed forerunner.'
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 →