KJV King James Version
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
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Acts 19:3
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he said unto them, ‘To what, then, were ye baptized?’ and they said, ‘To John’s baptism.’
Surrounding context — Acts 19
1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
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.
5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
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εἶπένG2036 · eiponto sayτεG5037 · teand/bothεἰςG1519 · eistowardτίG5101 · tiswhich?οὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenἐβαπτίσθητε;G907 · baptizōto baptizeοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenεἶπαν·G2036 · eiponto sayεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸωάννουG2491 · IōannēsJohnβάπτισμα.¶G908 · baptismabaptism
Cross-references
Acts 18:25This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.Matthew 3:1-17In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,Acts 8:16(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)Matthew 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:Luke 3:1-38Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,1 Corinthians 12:13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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