KJV King James Version
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
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Acts 10:47
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
WEB World English Bible
“Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?”
ASV American Standard Version
Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then answered Peter, ‘The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive—even as also we?’
Surrounding context — Acts 10
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 baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
μήτιG3385 · mētisurely notτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoὕδωρG5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterδύναταιG1410 · dunamaibe ableκωλῦσαίG2967 · kōluōto preventτιςG5100 · tisoneτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoμὴG3361 · mēnotβαπτισθῆναιG907 · baptizōto baptizeτούτους,G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itοἵτινεςG3748 · hostis, hētiswho/whichτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνεῦμαG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἅγιονG40 · hagiosholyἔλαβονG2983 · lambanōto takeὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡμεῖς;G3165 · meme
Cross-references
Acts 8:36And 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?Acts 11:15-17And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.Romans 10:12For 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 15:8-9And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;Genesis 17:24-26And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.Acts 8:12But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
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