Acts 19:4

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

Then {G1161} said {G2036} Paul {G3972}, John {G2491} verily {G3303} baptized {G907} with the baptism {G908} of repentance {G3341}, saying {G3004} unto the people {G2992}, that {G2443} they should believe {G4100} on {G1519} him which should come {G2064} after {G3326} him {G846}, that is {G5123}, on {G1519} Christ {G5547} Jesus {G2424}.

Sha’ul said, “Yochanan practiced an immersion in connection with turning from sin to God; but he told the people to put their trust in the one who would come after him, that is, in Yeshua.”

Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 1:5 (5 votes)

    For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

  • Acts 11:16 (4 votes)

    Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

  • John 1:29 (4 votes)

    ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  • John 1:34 (4 votes)

    And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

  • John 1:7 (3 votes)

    The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.

  • John 1:27 (3 votes)

    He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

  • Luke 3:16 (3 votes)

    John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: