Acts 11:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say,‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

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  • Acts 1:5 : 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
  • Mark 1:8 : 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
  • Luke 3:16 : 16 John answered them all,“I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming– I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
  • Acts 19:2-4 : 2 and said to them,“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied,“No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied. 4 Paul said,“John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 “I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am– I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
  • 2 Pet 3:1 : 1 The False Teachers’ Denial of the Lord’s Return Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:
  • John 16:4 : 4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.
  • Acts 20:35 : 35 By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said,‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children. 4 They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, like poplars beside channels of water. 5 One will say,‘I belong to the LORD,’ and another will use the name‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand,‘The LORD’s,’ and use the name‘Israel.’”
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
  • Joel 2:28 : 28 An Outpouring of the Spirit(3:1) After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have prophetic dreams; your young men will see visions.
  • Joel 3:18 : 18 On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
  • Luke 24:8 : 8 Then the women remembered his words,
  • John 1:26 : 26 John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
  • John 1:33 : 33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
  • Titus 3:5-6 : 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 11:14-15
    2 verses
    86%

    14who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’

    15Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning.

  • Acts 1:4-5
    2 verses
    84%

    4While he was with them, he declared,“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

  • Mark 1:8-10
    3 verses
    83%

    8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

    9The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

    10And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Acts 19:2-6
    5 verses
    79%

    2and said to them,“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They replied,“No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

    4Paul said,“John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

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

    6and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

  • Acts 11:17
    79%

    17Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?”

  • Acts 10:44-48
    5 verses
    78%

    44The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message.

    45The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles,

    46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,

    47“No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?”

    48So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

  • Acts 8:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

    15These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.

    16(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

    17Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 3:16
    77%

    16John answered them all,“I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming– I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • John 1:31-33
    3 verses
    77%

    31I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

    32Then John testified,“I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

    33And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

  • Acts 2:37-38
    2 verses
    76%

    37The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?”

    38Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Matt 3:11
    75%

    11“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am– I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • Acts 2:4
    73%

    4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

  • Acts 15:8
    73%

    8And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,

  • Acts 2:16
    73%

    16But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

  • Acts 22:15-16
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    73%

    15because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.

    16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

  • Acts 1:8
    72%

    8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”

  • 1 Cor 1:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!

    16(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.)

  • John 7:39
    71%

    39(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

  • Matt 3:16
    71%

    16After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

  • Acts 10:37
    71%

    37you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

  • 1 Cor 6:11
    71%

    11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Mark 16:16
    71%

    16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

  • John 1:26
    70%

    26John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

  • John 3:22
    70%

    22Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

  • 1 Cor 12:13
    70%

    13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

  • Acts 4:31
    69%

    31When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

  • Acts 11:1
    69%

    1Peter Defends His Actions to the Jerusalem Church Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.

  • Mark 10:39
    69%

    39They said to him,“We are able.” Then Jesus said to them,“You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

  • Matt 3:13
    69%

    13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  • Acts 8:36
    69%

    36Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”