Acts 1:5

For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
KJV

ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας.
Greek NT

quia Joannes quidem baptizavit aqua, vos autem baptizabimini Spiritu Sancto non post multos hos dies.
Vulgate

for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.
ASV

For John indeed baptized with water: but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βαπτίζω

baptizo

verb · 77×

δέ

conjunction · 2781×

μέν

men

particle · 177×

μετά

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε | RP: βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι

ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε — SBLGNT
ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι — Robinson-Pierpont

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Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Summa Theologica

What kind of law is it? i.e. is it a written law or is it instilled in the heart? Its efficacy, i.e. does it justify? Its beginning: should it have been given at the beginning of the world? Its end: i.e. will it last until the end, or will another law take its place? Article 1. Whether the New Law is a written law? Objection 1. It would seem that the New Law is a written law. F…

An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith

We confess one baptism for the remission of sins and for life eternal. For baptism declares the Lord's death. We are indeed buried with the Lord through baptism Colossians 2:12, as says the divine Apostle. So then, as our Lord died once for all, we also must be baptized once for all, and baptized according to the Word of the Lord, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and …

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cross-references

1Cor 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Cor 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
Acts 2:1 — And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:16 — But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
Acts 10:45 — And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 11:15 — And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
Acts 11:16 — 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.
Acts 19:4 — Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Acts 19:4 — Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Joel 2:28 — And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
John 1:26 — John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
John 1:31 — And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
John 1:33 — And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy
Luke 3:16 — John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost an
Luke 3:16 — John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost an
Mark 1:8 — I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Mark 1:8 — I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Matt 3:11 — I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matt 3:11 — I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matt 3:14 — But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Ps 47:5 — God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;