Acts 19:3
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
Acts 19:3 in other translations
| BSB | “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied. |
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| WEB | He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.” |
| ASV | And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism. |
| YLT | and he said unto them, ‘To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, ‘To John's baptism.' |
| DARBY | And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John. |
| BBE | And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John. |
| Webster | And he said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism. |
What does Acts 19:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 19:1-3
Ac 19:1-41. Signal Success of Paul at Ephesus. 1-3. while Apollos was at Corinth--where his ministry was so powerful that a formidable party in the Church of that city gloried in his type of preaching in preference to Paul's (1Co 1:12; 3:4), no doubt from the marked infusion of Greek philosophic culture which distinguished it, and which the apostle studiously avoided (1Co 2:1-5). Paul having passed through the upper…
Barnes' Notes
Unto John's baptism. Acts 18:25.
(|) "Unto" "Into" (f) "John's Baptism" Acts 18:25
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 19:1-7
Paul, at Ephesus, found some religious persons, who looked to Jesus as the Messiah. They had not been led to expect the miraculous powers of the Holy Ghost, nor were they informed that the gospel was especially the ministration of the Spirit. But they spake as ready to welcome the notice of it. Paul shows them that John never design that those he baptized should rest there, but told them that they should believe on…
Acts 19:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 19:3
- Acts 18:25
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
- Matthew 3:1-17
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. …
- Acts 8:16
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
- Luke 3:1-38
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. …
- 1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
- Matthew 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:
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Context
- 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 19:4
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.
Acts 19:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces dijo: ¿En qué pues sois bautizados? Y ellos dijeron: En el bautismo de Juan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit: De quel baptême donc avez-vous été baptisés? Et ils dirent: Du baptême de Jean. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach: Worauf seid ihr denn getauft worden? Sie aber sagten: Auf die Taufe Johannes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ille vero ait: In quo ergo baptizati estis? Qui dixerunt: In Joannis baptismate. |