While Peter was still saying this, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
Acts 10:47 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Can anyone forbid or refuse water for baptizing these people, seeing that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? American Standard Version (1901) Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we? Common English Bible “These people have received the Holy Spirit just as we have. Surely no one can stop them from being baptized with water, can they?” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Peter responded, "How could anyone prohibit water, so that those who have received the Holy Spirit would not be baptized, just as we also have been?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we? |
While Peter was still saying this, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
And as they went along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What is to prevent my being baptized?”
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches upon all who call upon him.
He received circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the father of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,