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


In Context

13 came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.

14 He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.

15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

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

17 |It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

18 and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16And now why tarry you? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.