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Acts 10:47
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"Is anyone against baptizin' these kind folks? They've got the Ghost just like we do."
"Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"
"Can anyone refuse water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"
Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?
Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also [did]?
"Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"
"Can anyone withhold water and prevent these people from being baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"
"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?"
Then Peter answered, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, even as we?
"Can any one forbid the use of water, and object to these persons being baptized--men who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"
Can any man forbid water, that these should not bee baptized, which haue receiued the holy Ghost, as well as wee?
Can anyone forbid the water that these not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit received, even as we also?
Maye eny man forbydde water, that these shulde not be baptysed, which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we?
then Peter said, can we refuse the water of baptism to such as have received the holy spirit as well as we?
Peter's Vision There was a man named Cornelius who lived in Caesarea, captain of the Italian Guard stationed there. He was a thoroughly good man. He had led everyone in his house to live worshipfully before God, was always helping people in need, and had the habit of prayer. One day about three o'clock in the afternoon he had a vision. An angel of God, as real as his next-door neighbor, came in and said, "Cornelius." Cornelius stared hard, wondering if he was seeing things. Then he said, "What do you want, sir?" The angel said, "Your prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention. Here's what you are to do. Send men to Joppa to get Simon, the one everyone calls Peter. He is staying with Simon the Tanner, whose house is down by the sea." As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two servants and one particularly devout soldier from the guard. He went over with them in great detail everything that had just happened, and then sent them off to Joppa. The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray. It was about noon. Peter got hungry and started thinking about lunch. While lunch was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw the skies open up. Something that looked like a huge blanket lowered by ropes at its four corners settled on the ground. Every kind of animal and reptile and bird you could think of was on it. Then a voice came: "Go to it, Peter—kill and eat." Peter said, "Oh, no, Lord. I've never so much as tasted food that was not kosher." The voice came a second time: "If God says it's okay, it's okay." This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the skies. As Peter, puzzled, sat there trying to figure out what it all meant, the men sent by Cornelius showed up at Simon's front door. They called in, asking if there was a Simon, also called Peter, staying there. Peter, lost in thought, didn't hear them, so the Spirit whispered to him, "Three men are knocking at the door looking for you. Get down there and go with them. Don't ask any questions. I sent them to get you." Peter went down and said to the men, "I think I'm the man you're looking for. What's up?" They said, "Captain Cornelius, a God-fearing man well-known for his fair play—ask any Jew in this part of the country—was commanded by a holy angel to get you and bring you to his house so he could hear what you had to say." Peter invited them in and made them feel at home. The next morning he got up and went with them. Some of his friends from Joppa went along. A day later they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had his relatives and close friends waiting with him. The minute Peter came through the door, Cornelius was up on his feet greeting him—and then down on his face worshiping him! Peter pulled him up and said, "None of that—I'm a man and only a man, no different from you." Talking things over, they went on into the house, where Cornelius introduced Peter to everyone who had come. Peter addressed them, "You know, I'm sure that this is highly irregular. Jews just don't do this—visit and relax with people of another race. But God has just shown me that no race is better than any other. So the minute I was sent for, I came, no questions asked. But now I'd like to know why you sent for me." Cornelius said, "Four days ago at about this time, midafternoon, I was home praying. Suddenly there was a man right in front of me, flooding the room with light. He said, ‘Cornelius, your daily prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention. I want you to send to Joppa to get Simon, the one they call Peter. He's staying with Simon the Tanner down by the sea.' "So I did it—I sent for you. And you've been good enough to come. And now we're all here in God's presence, ready to listen to whatever the Master put in your heart to tell us." Peter fairly exploded with his good news: "It's God's own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you're from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open. The Message he sent to the children of Israel—that through Jesus Christ everything is being put together again—well, he's doing it everywhere, among everyone. "You know the story of what happened in Judea. It began in Galilee after John preached a total life-change. Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth, anointed by God with the Holy Spirit, ready for action. He went through the country helping people and healing everyone who was beaten down by the Devil. He was able to do all this because God was with him. "And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn't put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we're not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets." No sooner were these words out of Peter's mouth than the Holy Spirit came on the listeners. The believing Jews who had come with Peter couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on "outsider" non-Jews, but there it was—they heard them speaking in tongues, heard them praising God. Then Peter said, "Do I hear any objections to baptizing these friends with water? They've received the Holy Spirit exactly as we did." Hearing no objections, he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay on for a few days.
"Can anyone refuse water for these people to be baptized, since they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"
Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
"Can any one forbid water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"
can eny man forbyd water that these shuld not be baptised which have receaved the holy goost as well as we?
Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
Then answered Peter, `The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive -- even as also we?'
"Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we did!"
"No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"
"These Gentiles have been given the Holy Spirit, just as we have! I am certain that no one would dare stop us from baptizing them."
"Is anyone prepared to prohibit these people from being immersed in water? After all, they have received the Ruach HaKodesh, just as we did."
"Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which haue receiued the holy Ghost, as well as we?
Then Simon Peter said to them, Can any man forbid water, that these people who have received the Holy Spirit, just as we have, should not be baptized?
"Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Ruach HaKodesh as well as we should not be immersed?"
"No one can stop us from using water to baptize these people who have received the Holy Spirit in the same way that we did, can he?"Acts 11:17; 15:8-9; Romans 10:12;">[xr]
Can any one forbid waters that they should not be baptized, they who, behold, have received the Spirit of Holiness as well as we ?
And Simon said: Can any one forbid water, that those should not be baptized, they who have received, lo, the Holy Spirit, as well as we?
"Can anyone object to their being baptized, now that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"
"Will anyone say that these people may not be baptized? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."
Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
"Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?"
Surely then, the water, can no man forbid, that these should not be immersed, - seeing that, the Holy Spirit, they have received, as well as we.
Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we?
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
"Surely no one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did!"
Can any man forbid water, that these shoulde not be baptized, which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we?
"How can anyone object to these people being baptized in water? They have received the Holy Spirit the same as we did!"
"Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?"
"These people have received the Holy Spirit, just as we also did. Can anyone, then, stop them from being baptized with water?"
Thanne Petre answeride, Whether ony man may forbede watir, that these ben not baptisid, that han also resseyued the Hooli Goost as we?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Acts 8:12, Acts 8:36, Acts 11:15-17, Acts 15:8, Acts 15:9, Genesis 17:24-26, Romans 4:11, Romans 10:12
Reciprocal: Matthew 28:19 - baptizing John 20:22 - Receive Acts 8:16 - only Acts 11:17 - what 1 Corinthians 12:10 - divers Hebrews 6:2 - the doctrine
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Can any man forbid water,.... The use of his river, or bath, or what conveniency he may have for baptizing persons: which shows, that it required a place of some quantity of water, sufficient for baptism by immersion, otherwise it would not be in the power of any man to hinder them having a little water, to be sprinkled or poured on the face: unless rather by water should be meant baptism itself; and then the sense is, who can forbid these persons the ordinance of baptism, or deny the administration of it to them? for such who have the Spirit of Christ, are openly Christ's, and therefore have a right to his ordinances; such, being enlightened by him, are able to see to the end of the ordinance; and to such only can it be of use, and they only can please God in it: nor should it be forbidden them; this is to withstand God, act contrary to the commission of Christ, and resist the Holy Ghost; no, not though Gentiles: converted Gentiles, have as good a right as any to this ordinance; descent from Abraham gives no right to it; there is no difference among men under the Gospel dispensation; Christ's commission reaches both to Jews and Gentiles; and there is but one baptism for both.
That these should not be baptized; though they are uncircumcised Gentiles:
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we; the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit; though, no doubt also, they had received the Spirit, as a spirit of illumination and conviction, as a spirit of regeneration, sanctification, and conversion, and as a spirit of faith and adoption, and as a witness, earnest, and pledge of future glory: and receiving him supposes, that they were without him before, and that he is a gift of God's free grace unto them; and which is no other than the baptism of the Spirit, and is a necessary pre-requisite to water baptism; and they that have the one, are right subjects of the other; nor ought it to be denied them. From hence it appears that water baptism is an ordinance of Christ, to be continued under the Gospel dispensation; it was not only what was practised in the times of John and of Christ, but what was practised by the apostles after the ascension of Christ, in compliance with the commission he gave, which could have respect to no other baptism; since the apostles were not capable of baptizing with any other, not with the baptism of the Spirit: and it is certain from hence, and by other instances, that they did baptize in water; and from the apostle's question it seems, that it must be by immersion in water, as before observed; and from what follows it is clear, that such who are partakers of the Holy Spirit and his grace, are the proper subjects of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 10:47. 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 Acts 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.
