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Acts 11:16

Then 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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ASV

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐμνήσθηνemnēsthēnI rememberedG3403 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
τοῦtoutheG3588 →
ῥήματοςrhēmatosdeclarationG4487 →
τοῦtouof theG3588 →
κυρίου,kuriouLord,G2962 →
ὡςhōshowG5613 →
ἔλεγεν·elegenHe was saying:G3004 →
ἸωάννηςIōannēsJohnG2491 →
μὲνmenindeedG3303 →
ἐβάπτισενebaptisenbaptizedG907 →
ὕδατι,hudatiwith water,G5204 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
βαπτισθήσεσθεbaptisthēsesthewill be baptizedG907 →
ἐνenwith [the]G1722 →
πνεύματιpneumatiSpiritG4151 →
ἁγίῳ.hagiōHoly.G40 →

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Acts 1:5For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”Mark 1:8I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”Proverbs 1:23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.Luke 3:16John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.Acts 19:4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”1 Corinthians 12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.John 1:26“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.John 1:33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’Acts 20:35In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.Acts 19:2–4and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their hour 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.Luke 24:8Then they remembered His words.Titus 3:5–6He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

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