Acts 10:47
Then said Peter, Can any one forbid water, that these persons should not be baptized, who have received the holy Spirit, as well as we?
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
46for they heard them speaking in divers languages, and glorifying God.
Cross References
Acts 2:4and they were all filled with the holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:36And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See here is water, what hindereth me from being baptized?
Acts 15:8And God who knoweth the heart, bare witness to them, giving them the holy Spirit, as He had done also to us:
Romans 10:12For there is no difference of Jew and Greek: for He being Lord of all is bountiful to all that 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 →