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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Acts 1:5

For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Trinity;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   The Topic Concordance - Baptism;   Holy Spirit;   John the Baptist;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Baptism with the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Barsabas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Baptism;   Baptism with the spirit;   Church;   Holy spirit;   Tongues;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ascension of Jesus Christ;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Baptize, Baptism;   Christ, Christology;   Joel, Theology of;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ascension of Christ;   Baptism ;   Commentary;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Apostles;   Ascension of Christ;   Baptism;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Church;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Prayer;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Unwritten Sayings;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ascension;   Ascension (2);   Baptism;   Force;   Holy Spirit (2);   Redemption;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sayings (Unwritten);   Trinity (2);   Water ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pentecost;   Theophilus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Baptism;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ascension of Christ;   Baptism;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acts of the Apostles;   Agrapha;   Authority in Religion;   Baptism (the Baptist Interpretation);   Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Regeneration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 1;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
John the Baptizer used water, but in a few days you'll be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
Legacy Standard Bible
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Bible in Basic English
For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
Darby Translation
For John indeed baptised with water, but *ye* shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.
New King James Version
for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Christian Standard Bible®
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
World English Bible
For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence.
Weymouth's New Testament
For John indeed baptized with water, but before many days have passed you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
King James Version (1611)
For Iohn truely baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost, not many dayes hence.
Literal Translation
for John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days after."
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For Ihon baptysed with water, but ye shalbe baptysed wt ye holy goost, & that within this few dayes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
" for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the holy ghost, not many days hence."
Amplified Bible
"For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized and empowered and united with the Holy Spirit, not long from now."
American Standard Version
for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
Revised Standard Version
for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For Iohn baptised wt water: but ye shalbe baptised with the holy goost and that with in this feawe dayes.
Update Bible Version
For John indeed baptized in water; but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
Webster's Bible Translation
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
Young's Literal Translation
because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit -- after not many days.'
New Century Version
John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
New English Translation
For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Contemporary English Version
John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Complete Jewish Bible
For Yochanan used to immerse people in water; but in a few days, you will be immersed in the Ruach HaKodesh!"
English Standard Version
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Geneva Bible (1587)
For Iohn in deede baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost within these fewe daies.
George Lamsa Translation
For John baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
Hebrew Names Version
For Yochanan indeed immersed in water, but you will be immersed in the Ruach HaKodesh not many days from now."
International Standard Version
For John baptized within">[fn] water, but you will be baptized within">[fn] the Holy Spirit not many days from now."Joel 3:18; Matthew 3:11; Acts 2:4; 11:15-16; 19:4;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For Juhanon baptized with waters, but you shall be baptized with the Spirit of Holiness after days not many.
Murdock Translation
For John baptized with water; but ye will be baptized with the Holy Spirit after not many days.
New Living Translation
John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
New Life Bible
For John the Baptist baptized with water but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
English Revised Version
For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
New Revised Standard
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Because, John, indeed, immersed with water; but, ye, in Holy Spirit shall be immersed, - after not many of these days.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For John indeed baptized with water: but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence.
King James Version
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Lexham English Bible
For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For Iohn truely baptized with water, but ye shalbe baptized with the holy ghost, after these fewe dayes.
Easy-to-Read Version
John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
New American Standard Bible
for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
Good News Translation
John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for Joon baptiside in watir, but ye schulen be baptisid in the Hooli Goost, aftir these fewe daies.

Contextual Overview

1In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach, 2until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. 3After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. 4And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss. 5For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John: Acts 11:15, Acts 19:4, Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16, John 1:31, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Titus 3:5

but: Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:16-21, Acts 10:45, Acts 11:15, Joel 2:28-32, Joel 3:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 47:5 - God Matthew 3:6 - were Matthew 3:14 - I have Mark 1:8 - he shall John 1:26 - I John 1:33 - the same John 16:7 - but Acts 2:4 - filled Acts 11:16 - how Galatians 3:14 - might Revelation 22:1 - proceeding

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning-the second day.
Genesis 1:13
And there was evening, and there was morning-the third day.
Genesis 1:19
And there was evening, and there was morning-the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
And there was evening, and there was morning-the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning-the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease."
Psalms 19:2
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
Psalms 74:16
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
Psalms 104:20
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Isaiah 45:7
I form light and create darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For John truly baptized with water,.... Or "in water", as he himself says, Matthew 3:11 John's baptism was water baptism, an immersion of persons in water: he was the first administrator of it, and therefore is here mentioned by name; and his, and the baptism of the Spirit, are opposed; for there were others, as the disciples of Christ, that baptized in water as well as John: and these words are not to be understood of the words of the Lord, by the mouth of John, which the disciples heard, for they were not then called when John spoke the words in Matthew 3:11 nor indeed are they the same with these; but these are the words of Christ himself, and which the apostles heard from his own mouth, as is clear from Acts 11:16 though they are not recorded by any of the evangelists; and these are not the only words which Luke repeats, that the evangelists are silent about; see

Acts 20:35

but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost; that is, by himself; for it is Christ's prerogative to baptize with the Spirit, as John foretold of him, and it designs such an extraordinary and plentiful donation of the gifts of the Spirit, as may be expressed by a baptism; in which the apostles, on the day of "Pentecost", were, as it were, to be immersed, and with them covered; as Cyril of Jerusalem h observes,

"as he, ο ενδυνων εν τοις υδασι, "who is plunged in water, and baptized", is encompassed by the water on every side, so are they that are wholly baptized by the Spirit.''

Not many days hence; within ten days, for this was on the fortieth day from his death, which was at the passover, these words were said; and on the fiftieth day from thence was the feast of Pentecost, when this had its fulfilment.

h Cateches. 17. sect. 8. p. 247.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For John truly baptized ... - These are the words of Jesus to his apostles, and he evidently has reference to what was said of John’s baptism compared with his own in Matthew 3:11; John 1:33. In those verses John is represented as baptizing with water, but the Messiah who was to come, as baptizing with the Holy Spirit and with fire. This promise was now about to be fulfilled in a remarkable manner. See Acts 2:0.

Not many days hence - This was probably spoken not long before his ascension, and of course not many days before the day of Pentecost.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 1:5. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. — This must refer to some conversation that is not distinctly related by the evangelists; as these identical words do not occur in any of the preceding histories. The Codex Bezae reads this passage thus: but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, which ye shall receive not many days hence. John baptized with water, which was a sign of penitence, in reference to the remission of sin; but Christ baptizes with the Holy Ghost, for the destruction of sin, the illumination of the mind, and the consolation of the heart. John's baptism was in reference to the spiritual kingdom; but Christ's baptism established and maintained that kingdom. From this passage we may also learn that baptism does not always mean being plunged or immersed in water; for as this promise most evidently refers to the communication of the Holy Spirit on the following pentecost, and then he sat upon each as a cloven tongue of fire, this certainly has more affinity to sprinkling than to plunging. However, the mode of administering the sign is of very little consequence; and which is the best mode is exceedingly dubious: the stress should be laid on receiving the thing signified-the Holy Ghost, to illuminate, regenerate, refine, and purify the heart. With this, sprinkling or immersion are equally efficient: without this, both are worth nothing.


 
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