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Acts 8:16

(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

KJV

οὐδέπω γὰρ ἦν ἐπ’ οὐδενὶ αὐτῶν ἐπιπεπτωκός, μόνον δὲ βεβαπτισμένοι ὑπῆρχον εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.

Greek NT

nondum enim in quemquam illorum venerat, sed baptizati tantum erant in nomine Domini Jesu.

Vulgate

for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

ASV

For he was not as yet come upon any of them: but they were only baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βαπτίζω
baptizo
verb · 77×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
οὐδέπω
oudepo
adverb · 5×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπιπίπτω
epipipto
verb · 12×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄνομα
onoma
noun · 228×
ὑπάρχω
uparcho
verb · 60×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: οὐδέπω | WH/Treg/NIV: οὐδέπω | RP: οὔπω
  • οὐδέπω — SBLGNT
  • οὐδέπω — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὔπω — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κυρίου | WH/Treg/NIV: κυρίου | RP: χριστοῦ
  • κυρίου — SBLGNT
  • κυρίου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • χριστοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§1288"From that time on the apostles, in fulfillment of Christ's will, imparted to the newly baptized by the laying on of hands the gift of the Spirit that completes the grace of Baptism. For this reason in the Letter to the Hebrews the doctrine concerning Baptism and the laying on of hands is listed among the first elements of Christian instruction. the imposition of hands is right…
§2121Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things.53 To Simon the magician, who wanted to buy the spiritual power he saw at work in the apostles, St. Peter responded: "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money!"54 Peter thus held to the words of Jesus: "You received without pay, give without pay."55 It is impossible to …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:13 — Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
  • 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 10:44 — While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
  • Acts 10:48 — And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
  • Acts 11:15 — And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
  • 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 19:3 — And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
  • Acts 19:5 — When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Acts 19:5 — When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Gal 3:27 — For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
  • Matt 28:19 — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
  • Rom 6:3 — Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?