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Acts 11:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. "

Acts 11:16

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14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

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

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

17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

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Acts 11:1

"And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God."

Acts 11:2

"And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,"

Acts 11:3

"Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them."

Acts 11:4

"But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,"

Acts 11:5

"I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:"

Acts 11:6

"Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air."

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