Acts 1:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

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  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Luke 3:16 : 16 John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Acts 2:1-4 : 1 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
  • Acts 11:15-16 : 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • Acts 10:45 : 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.
  • John 1:31 : 31 I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.
  • Mark 1:8 : 8 I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
  • Joel 2:28-32 : 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit. 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes. 32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
  • Joel 3:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
  • Acts 2:16-21 : 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out My Spirit on all people; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams: 18 On My servants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy: 19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes: 21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Acts 19:4 : 4 Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

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  • Mark 1:8-10
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    8 I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

    9 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10 And immediately, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

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    15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.

    16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

  • 4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me.

  • 16 John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

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    47 Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?

    48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.

  • 38 Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • John 1:31-33
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    77%

    31 I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.

    32 And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained upon him.

    33 I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 8:15-17
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    15 When they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

    16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • 39 But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

  • Acts 19:2-6
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    2 He said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not even heard whether there is any Holy Spirit.

    3 And he said to them, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

    4 Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

    5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

    6 And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

  • John 1:25-26
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    25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

    26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there stands one among you whom you do not know.

  • 49 And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay in the city of Jerusalem until you are endowed with power from on high.

  • 2 Until the day when He was taken up, after He had through the Holy Spirit given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen:

  • 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, came up immediately out of the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him:

  • 22 After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea, and there he stayed with them and baptized.

  • 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

  • 4 They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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    15 For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

    16 And now why do you delay? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

  • 6 When they came together, they asked Him, saying, Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?

  • 16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

  • 24 When John first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • 2 though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples,

  • 33 Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you now see and hear.

  • 5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

  • 15 Lest anyone should say that I had baptized in my own name.

  • 1 When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all together in one place.

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4 John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5 And all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit:

  • 6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

  • 26 They came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, he baptizes, and all men come to him.

  • 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.

  • 22 Beginning from the baptism of John to that day when He was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of His resurrection.

  • 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word.