Acts 19:3

Green's Literal Translation

And he said to them, Then to what were you baptized? And they said, To the baptism of John.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Into what then were you baptized?” he asked them.

King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they saide, Unto Iohns Baptisme.

King James Version
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

English Standard Version
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

New American Standard Bible
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."

New Century Version
So he asked, "What kind of baptism did you have?" They said, "It was the baptism that John taught."

Amplified Bible
And he asked, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."

Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."

Berean Standard Bible
"Into what, then, were you baptized?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they replied.

Contemporary English Version
"Then why were you baptized?" Paul asked. They answered, "Because of what John taught."

Complete Jewish Bible
"In that case," he said, "into what were you immersed?" "The immersion of Yochanan," they answered.

Darby Translation
And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

Easy-to-Read Version
Paul asked them, "So what kind of baptism did you have?" They said, "It was the baptism that John taught."

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said vnto them, Vnto what were ye then baptized? And they saide, Vnto Iohns baptisme.

George Lamsa Translation
Then he said to them, By what baptism then were you baptized? They said, By the baptism of John.

Good News Translation
"Well, then, what kind of baptism did you receive?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they answered.

Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into the baptism of John."

American Standard Version
And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

Bible in Basic English
And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

Hebrew Names Version
He said, "Into what then were you immersed?" They said, "Into Yochanan's immersion."

International Standard Version
He then asked, "Then into what were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."Acts 18:25;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
He saith to them, And into what were you baptized ? They said, Into the baptism of Juhanon.

Murdock Translation
He said to them: Into what then were ye baptized? They say: Into the baptism of John.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto them: Unto what then were ye baptized? And they sayde: vnto Iohns baptisme.

English Revised Version
And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

World English Bible
He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Into what then were you baptized?" he asked. "Into John's baptism," they replied.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Therfor in what thing ben ye baptisid? And thei seiden, In the baptym of Joon.

Update Bible Version
And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

New English Translation
So Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" "Into John's baptism," they replied.

New King James Version
And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?" So they said, "Into John's baptism."

New Living Translation
"Then what baptism did you experience?" he asked. And they replied, "The baptism of John."

New Life Bible
He asked them, "How were you baptized?" They answered, "The way John baptized."

New Revised Standard
Then he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said - Into what, then, were ye immersed? And, they, said - Unto John's immersion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: In what then were you baptized? Who said: In John’s baptism.

Revised Standard Version
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayd vnto them: wher wt were ye then baptised? And they sayd: with Iohns baptim

Young's Literal Translation
and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto them: Where with then were ye baptysed? They sayde: With the baptyme of Ihon.

Mace New Testament (1729)
what baptism then, said he, did you receive? they replied, the baptism of John.

THE MESSAGE
"How were you baptized, then?" asked Paul. "In John's baptism."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Paul inquired, "What type of baptism did you have?""John's baptism," they responded.

Contextual Overview

¹ And it happened, in the time Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was passing through the higher parts to come to Ephesus. And finding some disciples, ² he said to them, Believing, did you receive the Holy Spirit? And they said to him, We did not even hear whether the Holy Spirit is. ³ And he said to them, Then to what were you baptized? And they said, To the baptism of John. ⁴ And Paul said, John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into the One coming after him, that is, into the Christ, Jesus. ⁵ And hearing, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And Paul laying hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in languages and prophesied. ⁷ And all the men were about twelve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Unto what: Matthew 28:19, 1 Corinthians 12:13

Unto John's: Acts 18:25, Matthew 3:1-17, Luke 3:1-38

Reciprocal: Mark 1:4 - did Acts 13:24 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
And Lot went out to them, to the door, and he closed the door behind him.

Genesis 19:8
Behold, now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you and do to them as you see fit; only do not do a thing to these men, on account of this they came into the shade of my roof.

Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain. And he saw. And, behold, the smoke of the country went up like the smoke of a furnace.

Genesis 19:29
And it happened when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham; and He sent Lot out from the overthrow when overturning the cities in which Lot lived.

Genesis 21:8
And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

Exodus 12:15
You shall eat unleavened bread seven days. Indeed, on the first day you shall cause leaven to cease from your houses. For anyone eating any leaven, that soul shall be cut off from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.

Exodus 12:39
And they baked the dough which they brought out from Egypt into unleavened cakes. For it was not leavened, because they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay. And also they had not prepared food for a journey forthemselves.

Judges 6:19
And Gideon went in and prepared a kid of the goats, and unleavened bread of an ephah of flour. He put the flesh in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot. And he brought it out to Him, under the oak, and offered it .

1 Samuel 28:24
And the woman had a fat calf in the house. And she hurried and slaughtered it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes of it.

2 Kings 4:8
And the day came that Elisha crossed over to Shunem. And a great woman was there. And she lay hold on him to eat bread. And it happened, as often as he passed by, he turned aside there to eat bread.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, unto what then were ye baptized?.... The apostle takes it for granted that they were baptized, since they were not only believers, but disciples; such as not only believed with the heart, but had made a profession of their faith, and were followers of Christ; but asks unto what they were baptized; either in whose name they were baptized, since Christian baptism was administered in the name of the Spirit, as well as in the name of the Father and of the Son; or what attended or followed their baptism, seeing sometimes the Holy Ghost fell upon persons, either before baptism, or at it, or after it:

and they said, unto John's baptism; some think they had never been baptized at all with water baptism, only had received the doctrine preached by John, concerning repentance and remission of sins, and so were baptized unto him, professing the same doctrine he did, just as the Israelites were baptized into Moses; others think they were baptized, but very wrongly, being baptized in the name of John, and not in the name of Jesus Christ; and so, as it was not Christian baptism they had submitted to, it was right to baptize them again: but neither of these are probable, for it is not likely that they should receive John's doctrine, and not his baptism; that they should be his disciples and followers, and not attend to the more distinguishing branch of his ministry; and it is still more unlikely that they should be baptized in his name, who preached Jesus Christ to his followers, and pointed out to them the Lamb of God, and declared him to be greater than he; it seems rather that they were baptized, and that they were baptized in the name of Christ, as John's disciples were, as the apostle affirms in the following words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto what - Unto what faith or doctrine. What did you profess to believe when you were baptized?

Unto John’s baptism - See the notes on Acts 18:25.