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Acts 10:47

WEB

47Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.”

KJV

47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

BSB

47Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

FBV

47Then Peter asked, “Is anybody going to prevent them being baptized in water, since they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

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Extra References

Acts 8:36

36As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”


Acts 11:15-17

15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. 16I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’ 17If then God gave to them the same gift as us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”


Romans 10:12

12For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.


Acts 15:8-9

8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us. 9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.


Genesis 17:24-26

24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.


Acts 8:12

12But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.


Acts 2:4

4They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.


Romans 4:11

11He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.