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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

使徒行传 1:5

約翰是用水施洗,但再過幾天,你們要受聖靈的洗。”

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Trinity;   Scofield Reference Index - Holy Spirit;   The Topic Concordance - Baptism;   Holy Spirit;   John the Baptist;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Apostles, the;   Baptism with the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Barsabas;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Acts, book of;   Baptism;   Baptism with the spirit;   Church;   Holy spirit;   Tongues;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ascension of Jesus Christ;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Baptize, Baptism;   Christ, Christology;   Joel, Theology of;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ascension of Christ;   Baptism ;   Commentary;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Apostles;   Ascension of Christ;   Baptism;   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Church;   God;   Holy Spirit;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Prayer;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Unwritten Sayings;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ascension;   Ascension (2);   Baptism;   Force;   Holy Spirit (2);   Redemption;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sayings (Unwritten);   Trinity (2);   Water ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pentecost;   Theophilus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Baptism;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ascension of Christ;   Baptism;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acts of the Apostles;   Agrapha;   Authority in Religion;   Baptism (the Baptist Interpretation);   Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Regeneration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 1;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
约 翰 是 用 水 施 洗 , 但 不 多 几 日 , 你 们 要 受 圣 灵 的 洗 。

Contextual Overview

1 To Theophilus. The first book I wrote was about everything Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he was taken up into heaven. Before this, with the help of the Holy Spirit, Jesus told the apostles he had chosen what they should do. 3 After his death, he showed himself to them and proved in many ways that he was alive. The apostles saw Jesus during the forty days after he was raised from the dead, and he spoke to them about the kingdom of God. 4 Once when he was eating with them, he told them not to leave Jerusalem. He said, "Wait here to receive the promise from the Father which I told you about. 5 John baptized people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John: Acts 11:15, Acts 19:4, Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16, John 1:31, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Titus 3:5

but: Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:16-21, Acts 10:45, Acts 11:15, Joel 2:28-32, Joel 3:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 47:5 - God Matthew 3:6 - were Matthew 3:14 - I have Mark 1:8 - he shall John 1:26 - I John 1:33 - the same John 16:7 - but Acts 2:4 - filled Acts 11:16 - how Galatians 3:14 - might Revelation 22:1 - proceeding

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
God named the air "sky." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the second day.
Genesis 1:13
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day.
Genesis 1:19
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fourth day.
Genesis 1:23
Evening passed, and morning came. This was the fifth day.
Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made, and it was very good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the sixth day.
Genesis 8:22
"As long as the earth continues, planting and harvest, cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night will not stop."
Psalms 19:2
Day after day they tell the story; night after night they tell it again.
Psalms 74:16
Both the day and the night are yours; you made the sun and the moon.
Psalms 104:20
You make it dark, and it becomes night. Then all the wild animals creep around.
Isaiah 45:7
I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord , do all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For John truly baptized with water,.... Or "in water", as he himself says, Matthew 3:11 John's baptism was water baptism, an immersion of persons in water: he was the first administrator of it, and therefore is here mentioned by name; and his, and the baptism of the Spirit, are opposed; for there were others, as the disciples of Christ, that baptized in water as well as John: and these words are not to be understood of the words of the Lord, by the mouth of John, which the disciples heard, for they were not then called when John spoke the words in Matthew 3:11 nor indeed are they the same with these; but these are the words of Christ himself, and which the apostles heard from his own mouth, as is clear from Acts 11:16 though they are not recorded by any of the evangelists; and these are not the only words which Luke repeats, that the evangelists are silent about; see

Acts 20:35

but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost; that is, by himself; for it is Christ's prerogative to baptize with the Spirit, as John foretold of him, and it designs such an extraordinary and plentiful donation of the gifts of the Spirit, as may be expressed by a baptism; in which the apostles, on the day of "Pentecost", were, as it were, to be immersed, and with them covered; as Cyril of Jerusalem h observes,

"as he, ο ενδυνων εν τοις υδασι, "who is plunged in water, and baptized", is encompassed by the water on every side, so are they that are wholly baptized by the Spirit.''

Not many days hence; within ten days, for this was on the fortieth day from his death, which was at the passover, these words were said; and on the fiftieth day from thence was the feast of Pentecost, when this had its fulfilment.

h Cateches. 17. sect. 8. p. 247.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For John truly baptized ... - These are the words of Jesus to his apostles, and he evidently has reference to what was said of John’s baptism compared with his own in Matthew 3:11; John 1:33. In those verses John is represented as baptizing with water, but the Messiah who was to come, as baptizing with the Holy Spirit and with fire. This promise was now about to be fulfilled in a remarkable manner. See Acts 2:0.

Not many days hence - This was probably spoken not long before his ascension, and of course not many days before the day of Pentecost.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 1:5. Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. — This must refer to some conversation that is not distinctly related by the evangelists; as these identical words do not occur in any of the preceding histories. The Codex Bezae reads this passage thus: but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, which ye shall receive not many days hence. John baptized with water, which was a sign of penitence, in reference to the remission of sin; but Christ baptizes with the Holy Ghost, for the destruction of sin, the illumination of the mind, and the consolation of the heart. John's baptism was in reference to the spiritual kingdom; but Christ's baptism established and maintained that kingdom. From this passage we may also learn that baptism does not always mean being plunged or immersed in water; for as this promise most evidently refers to the communication of the Holy Spirit on the following pentecost, and then he sat upon each as a cloven tongue of fire, this certainly has more affinity to sprinkling than to plunging. However, the mode of administering the sign is of very little consequence; and which is the best mode is exceedingly dubious: the stress should be laid on receiving the thing signified-the Holy Ghost, to illuminate, regenerate, refine, and purify the heart. With this, sprinkling or immersion are equally efficient: without this, both are worth nothing.


 
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