Mark 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 1:8

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

BSB

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ASV

I baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

KJV

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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Commentary

4 voices

Basil of Caesarea

CONCERNING BAPTISM 31.2 (379)

The baptism which was handed down through Moses recognized, first, a distinction among sins, for the grace of pardon was not accorded all transgressions. It also required various sacrifices, laid down precise rules for purification, and segregated for a time those who were in a state of impurity and defilement. It appointed the observance of days and seasons, and only then baptism was received as the seal of purification.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

I indeed have baptized you with water,.... This was spoken to the baptized persons, partly to take off their dependence upon him and his baptism; and partly to direct their views to Christ, from whom the gifts and graces of the Spirit are alone to be had: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost; See Gill on Mat 3:11. One copy adds, "and with fire", as there: a Jewish writer says, the holy blessed God baptizeth with fire, and the wise shall understand (p). (p) R. Menachem in Lev. viii. apud Ainsworth on Gen. xvii. 12.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I indeed have baptized you with water - As if he had said: This baptism is not to be rested in; it is only an emblem of that which you must receive from him who is mightier than I. It is he only who can communicate the Holy Spirit; and water baptism is nothing, but as it points out, and leads to, the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The subject of these two verses is not found in Matthew nor John; but is mentioned with some varying circumstances by Luke, Luk 3:16.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἐβάπτισα	ebaptisa	baptized	G907 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ὕδατι,	hudati	water,	G5204 →
αὐτὸς	autos	He himself	G846 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
βαπτίσει	baptisei	will baptize	G907 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἐν	en	with	G1722 →
πνεύματι	pneumati	[the] Spirit	G4151 →
ἁγίῳ.¶	hagiō	Holy.	G40 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
leads to
- Mark 16:17
  And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- Acts 13:52
  And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 4:31
  After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Ephesians 5:18
  Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:10
  to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
Through
Acts 1:5
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
leads to
- Matthew 3:11
  I 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…
- Acts 11:15–16
  As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
Through
1 Corinthians 12:13
For 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.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:5
  one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark