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Ac 11:16 Strong Concordance Then [1161] remembered I [3415] the word [4487] of the Lord [2962], how [5613] that he said [3004], John [2491] indeed [3303] baptized [907] with water [5204]; but [1161] ye [5210] shall be baptized [907] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151].
  King James Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then remembered I the word . . . John . . . baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Forasmuch then, &c.--that is, "Since God Himself has put them on a level with ourselves, by bestowing on them what the Lord Jesus pronounced the higher baptism of the Holy Ghost, would it not have been to withstand God if I had withheld from them the lower baptism of water, and kept aloof from them as still 'unclean?'"
 
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5 For [3754] John [2491] truly [3303] baptized [907] with water [5204]; but [1161] ye [5210] shall be baptized [907] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] not [3756] many [3326] [4183] days [2250] hence [5025].
5 For [3754] John [2491] truly [3303] baptized [907] with water [5204]; but [1161] ye [5210] shall be baptized [907] with [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151] not [3756] many [3326] [4183] days [2250] hence [5025].