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Acts 10:47
Acts 10:47 is verse 47 of Acts chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
King James Version
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
World English Bible
“Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.”
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Acts 10:45–48 · Berean Standard Bible
45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 8:12But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
Acts 11:15As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
Acts 11:16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
Acts 11:17So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
Acts 15:8And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.
Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.
Genesis 17:24So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
Genesis 17:25and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
Genesis 17:26Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
Romans 4:11And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
Romans 10:12For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,