Acts 22:16

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And now, why are you delaying? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

King James Version (1611)
And now, why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, calling on the name of the Lord.

King James Version
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

English Standard Version
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

New American Standard Bible
'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.'

New Century Version
Now, why wait any longer? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, trusting in him to save you.'

Amplified Bible
'Now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name [for salvation].'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

Legacy Standard Bible
Now why do you delay? Rise up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

Berean Standard Bible
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.'

Contemporary English Version
What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord."

Complete Jewish Bible
So now, what are you waiting for? Get up, immerse yourself and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.'

Darby Translation
And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

Easy-to-Read Version
Now, don't wait any longer. Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, trusting in Jesus to save you.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.

George Lamsa Translation
And now why do you delay? Arise, and be baptized and wash away your sins calling on the name of the LORD.

Good News Translation
And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.'

Lexham English Bible
And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'

Literal Translation
And now what do you intend? Rising up, be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

American Standard Version
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Bible in Basic English
And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

Hebrew Names Version
Now why do you wait? Arise, be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

International Standard Version
What are you waiting for now? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.'Acts 2:38; 9:14; Romans 10:13; Hebrews 10:22;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And now why delayest thou ? Arise, baptize, and be washed from thy sins, while thou callest his Name.

Murdock Translation
And now, why delayest thou? Arise, be baptized, and be cleansed from thy sins, while thou invokest his name.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And nowe why taryest thou? aryse, & be baptized, & wasshe away thy sinnes, in callyng on the name of the Lorde.

English Revised Version
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And now, why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Weymouth's New Testament
And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now, what dwellist thou? Rise vp, and be baptisid, and waische awei thi synnes, bi the name of hym clepid to help.

Update Bible Version
And now why do you tarry? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

New English Translation
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

New King James Version
And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

New Living Translation
What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.'

New Life Bible
What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on His name.'

New Revised Standard
And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, now, what art thou going to do? Arise, and get thyself immersed, and have thy sins bathed away, calling upon his name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now why tarriest thou? Rise up and be baptized and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.

Revised Standard Version
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And now: why tariest thou? Aryse and be baptised and wesshe awaye thy synnes in callinge on ye name of ye Lorde.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And now why tariest thou? Aryse, and be baptysed, and wasse awaye thy synnes, and call vpon the name of the LORDE.

Mace New Testament (1729)
why should you now delay? arise, be baptized, and cleansed from your sins, by invoking the name of the Lord.

Simplified Cowboy Version
So quit lollygagging around and get to it. It's time to be baptized and get your sins washed away by the Top Hand.'

Contextual Overview

³ The next day, determined to get to the root of the trouble and know for sure what was behind the Jewish accusation, the captain released Paul and ordered a meeting of the high priests and the High Council to see what they could make of it. Paul was led in and took his place before them. ⁴"I went after anyone connected with this ‘Way,' went at them hammer and tongs, ready to kill for God. I rounded up men and women right and left and had them thrown in prison. You can ask the Chief Priest or anyone in the High Council to verify this; they all knew me well. Then I went off to our brothers in Damascus, armed with official documents authorizing me to hunt down the followers of Jesus there, arrest them, and bring them back to Jerusalem for sentencing. ⁶"As I arrived on the outskirts of Damascus about noon, a blinding light blazed out of the skies and I fell to the ground, dazed. I heard a voice: ‘Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?' ⁸"‘Who are you, Master?' I asked. "He said, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, the One you're hunting down.' My companions saw the light, but they didn't hear the conversation. ¹⁰"Then I said, ‘What do I do now, Master?' "He said, ‘Get to your feet and enter Damascus. There you'll be told everything that's been set out for you to do.' And so we entered Damascus, but nothing like the entrance I had planned—I was blind as a bat and my companions had to lead me in by the hand. ¹²"And that's when I met Ananias, a man with a sterling reputation in observing our laws—the Jewish community in Damascus is unanimous on that score. He came and put his arm on my shoulder. ‘Look up,' he said. I looked, and found myself looking right into his eyes—I could see again! ¹⁴"Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has handpicked you to be briefed on his plan of action. You've actually seen the Righteous Innocent and heard him speak. You are to be a key witness to everyone you meet of what you've seen and heard. So what are you waiting for? Get up and get yourself baptized, scrubbed clean of those sins and personally acquainted with God.' ¹⁷"Well, it happened just as Ananias said. After I was back in Jerusalem and praying one day in the Temple, lost in the presence of God, I saw him, saw God's Righteous Innocent, and heard him say to me, ‘Hurry up! Get out of here as quickly as you can. None of the Jews here in Jerusalem are going to accept what you say about me.' ¹⁹"At first I objected: ‘Who has better credentials? They all know how obsessed I was with hunting out those who believed in you, beating them up in the meeting places and throwing them in jail. And when your witness Stephen was murdered, I was right there, holding the coats of the murderers and cheering them on. And now they see me totally converted. What better qualification could I have?' ²¹ "But he said, ‘Don't argue. Go. I'm sending you on a long journey to outsider non-Jews.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

why: Psalms 119:60, Jeremiah 8:14

arise: Acts 2:38, Romans 6:3, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:27, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 10:22, 1 Peter 3:21

calling: Acts 2:21, Acts 9:14, Romans 10:12-14, 1 Corinthians 1:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:25 - and be unclean 2 Kings 5:13 - Wash 1 Chronicles 22:19 - arise Isaiah 1:16 - Wash Ezekiel 36:25 - filthiness Matthew 3:6 - confessing Mark 1:4 - remission Mark 16:16 - is Luke 3:3 - preaching John 13:5 - to wash John 13:8 - If John 19:34 - came Acts 7:59 - calling Acts 9:18 - and was Ephesians 5:26 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."

Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up. He saw a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Genesis 22:14
Abraham named that place God -Yireh ( God -Sees-to-It). That's where we get the saying, "On the mountain of God , he sees to it."

Jeremiah 51:14
God -of-the-Angel-Armies has solemnly sworn: "I'll fill this place with soldiers. They'll swarm through here like locusts chanting victory songs over you."

Amos 6:8
God , the Master, has sworn, and solemnly stands by his Word. The God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: "I hate the arrogance of Jacob. I have nothing but contempt for his forts. I'm about to hand over the city and everyone in it."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And now why tarriest thou?.... Though it might not be the apostle's case, yet it is often the case of many, to procrastinate and delay obedience to the commands of Christ, and particularly to the ordinance of baptism: the reasons of which delay are, the strength of their corruptions, and the weakness of their graces, which cause them to question whether they have any interest in Christ; as also fears of falling away, and so of dishonouring Christ, his Gospel, and ordinance: and in some the reproaches of men; and sometimes such a delay is made, waiting for more comfortable frames, or for a greater fitness; but no such delay, nor on such accounts, ought to be; for it is a command of Christ, and ought to be forthwith complied with, as soon as a man believes; and to obey it is a following of Christ, in which no time should be lost: and the consequences of a delay are very bad: it is a prevention of the glory of Christ, as well as shows ingratitude to him, and a bereaving of ourselves of that comfort, which might be hoped to be enjoyed; and it often induces a carelessness about the ordinance, and even a losing the sense of the duty:

arise, and be baptized; this shows that Ananias was a Christian, since he directs to an ordinance of Christ, and that he was a preacher of the word, and had a right to administer baptism; for that it was administered by him, though not in express terms yet seems to be naturally concluded from Acts 9:18 as also this passage shows, that baptism was not administered by sprinkling, since Saul might have sat still, and have had some water brought to him, and sprinkled on him; but by immersion, seeing he is called upon to arise, and go to some place proper and convenient for the administration of it, according to the usage of John, and the apostles of Christ. "And wash away thy sins"; or "be washed from thy sins"; not that it is in the power of man to cleanse himself from his sins; the Ethiopian may as soon change his skin, or the leopard his spots, as a creature do this; nor is there any such efficacy in baptism as to remove the filth of sin; persons may submit unto it, and yet be as Simon Magus was, in the gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity; but the ordinance of baptism, may be, and sometimes is, a means of leading the faith of God's children to the blood of Christ, which cleanses from all sin;

calling on the name of the Lord; the name of the Lord is not only to be used by the administrator of baptism in the performance of it; but it should be called upon by the person who submits to it, both before and at the administration of it, for the presence of Christ in it; and this invocation of the name of the Lord in baptism, signifies an exercise of faith in Christ at this time, a profession of him, and obedience to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And now why tarriest thou? - Why dost thou delay, or wait any longer? These words are not recorded by Luke in Acts 9:0, where he has given an account of the conversion of Paul; but there is nothing here contradictory to his statement.

And wash away thy sins - Receive baptism as emblematic of the washing away of sins. It cannot be intended that the external rite of baptism was sufficient to make the soul pure, but that it was an ordinance divinely appointed as expressive of the washing away of sins, or of purifying the heart. Compare Hebrews 10:22. Sinners are represented in the Scriptures as defiled or polluted by sin. “To wash away the sins” denotes “the purifying of the soul from this polluted influence,” 1 Corinthians 6:11; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 7:14; Isaiah 1:16; Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7.

Calling on the name of the Lord - For pardon and sanctification, Romans 10:13, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” It was proper that this calling on the name of the Lord should be connected with the ordinance of baptism. That ordinance was emblematic of a purifying which the Lord only could produce. It is proper that the rite of baptism should be attended with extraordinary prayer; that he who is to be baptized should make it the occasion of special and very solemn religious exercises. The external rite will avail nothing without the pardoning mercy of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 22:16. Arise, and be baptized — Take now the profession of Christ's faith most solemnly upon thee, by being baptized in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Wash away thy sins, &c.] Let this washing of thy body represent to thee the washing away of thy sins: and know that this washing away of sin can be received only by invoking the name of the Lord.