16And now why tarry you? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.


In Context

13 Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked up on him.

14 And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice of his mouth.

15 For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.

16 And now why tarry you? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

18 And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

Acts 22:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why tarriest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.