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Selected Verse: Acts 10:47 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 10:47 |
Strong Concordance |
Can [3385] [1410] any man [5100] forbid [2967] water [5204], that these [5128] should [907] not [3361] be baptized [907], which [3748] have received [2983] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] as [2532] well as [2531] we [2249]? |
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King James |
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we--and are thus, in all that is essential to salvation, on a level with ourselves. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Can any man forbid water ... - They have shown that they are favored in the same way as the Jewish converts. God has manifested himself to them as he did to the Jews on the day of Pentecost. Is it not clear, therefore, that they are entitled to the privilege of Christian baptism? The expression used here is one that would naturally refer to water as being brought; that is, to a small quantity; and would seem to imply that they were baptized, not by immersion, but by pouring or sprinkling. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Water (τὸ ὕδωρ)
Note the article: the water; co-ordinating the water with the Spirit (see Jo1 5:8), and designating water as the recognized and customary element of baptism. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost? - He does not say they have the baptism of the Spirit; therefore they do not need baptism with water. But just the contrary: if they have received the Spirit, then baptize them with water. How easily is this question decided, if we will take the word of God for our rule! Either men have received the Holy Ghost or not. If they have not, Repent, saith God, and be baptized, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. If they have, if they are already baptized with the Holy Ghost, then who can forbid water? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Can any man forbid water - These had evidently received the Holy Ghost, and consequently were become members of the mystical body of Christ; and yet St. Peter requires that they shall receive baptism by water, that they might become members of the Christian Church. In other cases, they received baptism first, and the Spirit afterwards by the imposition of hands: see Act 19:4-6, where the disciples who had received only the baptism of John were baptized again with water in the name of the Lord Jesus; and, after even this, the apostles prayed, and laid their hands on them, before they were made partakers of the Holy Ghost. So we find that Jesus Christ had his water baptism as well as John; and that even he who gave the baptism of the Holy Ghost required the administration of water baptism also. Therefore the baptism of the Spirit did not supersede the baptism by water; nor indeed can it; as baptism, as well as the supper of our Lord, were intended, not only to be means of grace, but standing, irrefragable proofs of the truth of Christianity. |
8 And [2532] there are [1526] three [5140] that bear witness [3140] in [1722] earth [1093], the Spirit [4151], and [2532] the water [5204], and [2532] the blood [129]: and [2532] these three [5140] agree [1526] in [1519] one [1520].
4 Then [1161] said [2036] Paul [3972], John [2491] verily [3303] baptized [907] with the baptism [908] of repentance [3341], saying [3004] unto the people [2992], that [2443] they should believe [4100] on [1519] him which should come [2064] after [3326] him [846], that is [5123], on [1519] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424].
5 When [1161] they heard [191] this, they were baptized [907] in [1519] the name [3686] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424].
6 And [2532] when Paul [3972] had laid [2007] his hands [5495] upon [2007] them [846], the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] came [2064] on [1909] them [846]; and [5037] they spake [2980] with tongues [1100], and [2532] prophesied [4395].