Mark 1 · Verse 8

Mark 1:8

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Mark 1:8, King James Version

Mark 1:8 in other translations

BSBI baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
WEBI baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
ASVI baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
YLTI indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'
DARBYI indeed have baptised you with water, but he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit.
BBEI have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.
WebsterI indeed have baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

What does Mark 1:8 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 8.

Mt 3:3, also Mt 3:4-6,11.

(i) "baptize you with" Joel 2:28, Acts 1:5, 2:4, 10:45, 11:15,16, 1Cor 12:13

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 I indeed have baptized you with water - As if he had said: This baptism is not to be rested in; it is only an emblem of that which you must receive from him who is mightier than I. It is he only who can communicate the Holy Spirit; and water baptism is nothing, but as it points out, and leads to, the baptism of the Holy Ghost. The subject of these two verses is not found in Matthew nor John; but is mentioned with some varying circumstances by Luke, Luk 3:16.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 1:1-8

Isaiah and Malachi each spake concerning the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, in the ministry of John. From these prophets we may observe, that Christ, in his gospel, comes among us, bringing with him a treasure of grace, and a sceptre of government. Such is the corruption of the world, that there is great opposition to his progress. When God sent his Son into the world, he took care, and when he sends him…

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Mark 1:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
ἐβάπτισαebaptisabaptizedG907
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
ὕδατι,hudatiwater,G5204
αὐτὸςautosHe himselfG846
δὲdehoweverG1161
βαπτίσειbaptiseiwill baptizeG907
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
ἐνenwithG1722
πνεύματιpneumati[the] SpiritG4151
ἁγίῳ.¶hagiōHoly.G40

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 1:8

  • Acts 1:5

    For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

  • 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.

  • Acts 19:4-6

    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.

  • Acts 2:4

    And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

  • Acts 10:45

    And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.

  • Joel 2:28

    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

  • Acts 11:15-16

    And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

  • Ezekiel 36:25-27

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  • Isaiah 32:15

    Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

  • Matthew 3:11

    I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

  • Proverbs 1:23

    Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

  • Acts 2:17

    And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

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have.
Mt 3:11
he shall.
Pr 1:23; Isa 32:15; 44:3; Eze 36:25-27; Joe 2:28; Ac 1:5; 2:4,17
Ac 10:45; 11:15,16; 19:4-6; 1Co 12:13; Tit 3:5,6

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Context

  • Mark 1:7

    And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

  • Mark 1:8

    I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

  • Mark 1:9

    And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

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Mark 1:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo á la verdad os he bautizado con agua; mas él os bautizará con Espíritu Santo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Moi, je vous ai baptisés d’eau; lui, vous baptisera de l’Esprit Saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich zwar habe euch mit Wasser getauft, er aber wird euch mit Heiligem Geiste taufen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego baptizavi vos aqua, ille vero baptizabit vos Spiritu Sancto.