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Acts 11:15

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

KJV

ἐν δὲ τῷ ἄρξασθαί με λαλεῖν ἐπέπεσεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ὥσπερ καὶ ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς ἐν ἀρχῇ.

Greek NT

Cum autem cœpissem loqui, cecidit Spiritus Sanctus super eos, sicut et in nos in initio.

Vulgate

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

ASV

And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιπίπτω
epipipto
verb · 12×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὥσπερ
osper
adverb · 36×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 1:5 — For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
  • 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 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
  • Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
  • 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 10:34 — Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
  • Acts 10:44 — While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
  • 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 10:47 — Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
  • 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.
  • Deut 32:21 — They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t
  • 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?
  • Gal 3:14 — That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through 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
  • 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:
  • Zech 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h