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Acts 19:4–6

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4And Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who was to come after him—that is, in Jesus.” 5And when they* heard this,* they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And when* Paul laid handsb on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they began to speak* in tongues and to prophesy.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“laid”)
  4. bSome manuscripts have “placed his hands”
  5. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to speak”)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

When they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

NLTNew Living Translation

Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”

As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.