Acts 1:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [Jesus then said,] “For John immersed you [men] in water but [this time] you will be immersed in the Holy Spirit, and [it will happen] in just a few more days.” [See Matt. 3:11]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For John baptized with water, but not many days from now you shall be baptized with (placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit. American Standard Version (1901) for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. Common English Bible John baptized with water, but in only a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” Catholic Public Domain Version For John, indeed, baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence. |
“I certainly am immersing you in water following [your] repentance, but the One who follows me [i.e., in my ministry], whose sandals I do not deserve to remove [as His slave], will immerse you people with the Holy Spirit and with fire [i.e., the punishment in hell. See verses 10 and 12].
and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
I am immersing you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”
John answered [their concerns] by saying to all of them, “I am [the one] immersing you in water, but One who is more powerful than I will follow my [ministry]. I am not [even] worthy to loosen the straps of His sandals. He will immerse you people with the Holy Spirit and with fire [i.e., the punishment of hell. See Matt. 3:10-12].
So, John answered them, saying, “I am immersing people in water, but there is Someone among you whom you do not recognize.
And I would not have recognized Him, but I came immersing people in water so that He would become known to the Israelites.”
And I did not recognize Him, but He [i.e., God], who sent me to immerse in water, said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Holy Spirit descending and remaining is the same One who [will] immerse people in the Holy Spirit.’
And the believers of Jewish descent, who had come with Peter, were amazed [when they saw] that the gift of the Holy Spirit had [now] been poured out on the Gentiles also.
Paul [then] said, “John immersed people who [demonstrated their] repentance, telling them they must believe in Jesus, the One who would come after him.”
For we were all immersed by means of the one Holy Spirit into one body [i.e., the church], whether [we were] Jews or Greeks [i.e., Gentiles], whether slaves or free people, and were all given the one [and the same] Holy Spirit to drink. [Note: This probably refers to the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, given to all immersed believers. See John 7:37-39; Acts 2:38].
He saved us, not because of any good deeds we ourselves had done, but because of His mercy. [He saved us] through the washing of new birth [Note: This refers to our immersion in water] and the renewing [work] of the Holy Spirit,