Acts 10:47

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

Can {G3385}{G1410} any man {G5100} forbid {G2967} water {G5204}, that these {G5128} should {G907} not {G3361} be baptized {G907}, which {G3748} have received {G2983} the Holy {G40} Ghost {G4151} as {G2532} well as {G2531} we {G2249}?

“Is anyone prepared to prohibit these people from being immersed in water? After all, they have received the Ruach HaKodesh, just as we did.”

“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Acts 8:36 (7 votes)

    And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

  • Romans 10:12 (5 votes)

    ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

  • Acts 11:15 (5 votes)

    And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

  • Acts 11:17 (5 votes)

    Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he did] unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

  • Acts 15:8 (4 votes)

    And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;

  • Acts 15:9 (4 votes)

    And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

  • Genesis 17:24 (2 votes)

    And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.