Acts 11:16
Read Acts 11:16 Using Other Translations
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.
And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'
Then I thought of the Lord’s words when he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
What does Acts 11:16 mean?
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Acts 11:16
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he
said,
&c.] Just before his ascension, ( Acts 1:5 ) .
John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized
with the Holy
Ghost;
as they were on the day of Pentecost, and as now Cornelius and
his family were; and since they had the greater baptism, the
baptism of the Spirit, the lesser baptism of water could not be
denied them.
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