47Then Peter said, "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."


In Context

44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.

45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God.

47 Then Peter said, "Can anyone keep these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have."

48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.

Acts 10:47 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:47Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:47Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:47Can any one forbid water that these should not be baptised, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:47Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:47|Can any man forbid the water, that these who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we should not be baptized?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:47Then answered Peter, 'The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive — even as also we?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?