Acts 10:44
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
KJV
Ἔτι λαλοῦντος τοῦ Πέτρου τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα ἐπέπεσεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας τὸν λόγον.
Greek NT
Adhuc loquente Petro verba hæc, cecidit Spiritus Sanctus super omnes qui audiebant verbum.
Vulgate
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard the word.
ASV
While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word.
Douay-Rheims
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Peter
In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιπίπτω
epipipto
verb · 12×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ῥῆμα
rema
noun · 67×
Themes
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. All things good then have their reward, when they arrive at their proper end, but if they be cut off midway, shipwreck ensues. And as a vessel of immense burden, if it reach not the harbor in time, but founder in the midst of the sea, gains nothing from the length of the voyage, but even makes the calamity greater, in proportion as it has endured more toils; so are those sou…
The baptism of believers in the Holy Ghost is witnessed by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:2 — And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
- Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 4:31 — And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
- Acts 5:32 — And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
- Acts 8:16 — (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
- Acts 11:15 — And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
- Acts 15:8 — And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
- Acts 19:2 — He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
- Acts 19:6 — And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
- Gal 3:2 — This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
- 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 1:33 — 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 14:23 — And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Rom 14:3 — Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.