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Acts 19:5

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Confession;   Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Baptism;   Sacraments;   The Topic Concordance - Baptism;   Giving and Gifts;   Holy Spirit;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Baptism with the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Baptism;   Baptism with the spirit;   John the baptist;   Tongues;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   John the Baptist;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Relics;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Baptism, Christian;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Baptism;   Hand;   Holy Spirit, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Baptism;   Ordinances;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Bible;   Confession;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Forgiveness;   God;   Jude, Epistle of;   Laying on of Hands;   Regeneration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Baptism;   Baptism ;   Character;   Holy Spirit;   Name (2);   Organization (2);   Personality;   Sacraments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Ephesians;   Ephesus;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Baptism;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism (Non-Immersionist View);   Baptism (Lutheran Doctrine);   Creed;   John the Baptist;   Keys, Power of;   Trine (Triune) Immersion;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apollos;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
King James Version (1611)
When they heard this, they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.
King James Version
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
English Standard Version
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
New American Standard Bible
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
New Century Version
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Amplified Bible
After hearing this, they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Berean Standard Bible
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Contemporary English Version
After the people heard Paul say this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Complete Jewish Bible
On hearing this, they were immersed into the name of the Lord Yeshua;
Darby Translation
And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
Easy-to-Read Version
When these followers heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when they heard it, they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Iesus.
George Lamsa Translation
When they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ.
Good News Translation
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Lexham English Bible
And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Literal Translation
And hearing, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
American Standard Version
And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Bible in Basic English
And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Hebrew Names Version
When they heard this, they were immersed into the name of the Lord Yeshua.
International Standard Version
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.Acts 8:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And when they heard these (words), they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.
Murdock Translation
And when they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lorde Iesu.
English Revised Version
And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
World English Bible
When they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Weymouth's New Testament
On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne thei herden these thingis, thei weren baptisid in the name of the Lord Jhesu.
Update Bible Version
And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Webster's Bible Translation
When they heard [this], they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
New King James Version
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
New Living Translation
As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
New Life Bible
The people there were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus when they heard this.
New Revised Standard
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when they heard this , they were immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Revised Standard Version
On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When they hearde that they were baptised in the name of the lorde Iesu.
Young's Literal Translation
and they, having heard, were baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan they herde that, they were baptysed in the name of the LORDE Iesu.
Mace New Testament (1729)
when they heard this, they were initiated by baptism into the christian profession.
THE MESSAGE
And they were. As soon as they heard of it, they were baptized in the name of the Master Jesus. Paul put his hands on their heads and the Holy Spirit entered them. From that moment on, they were praising God in tongues and talking about God's actions. Altogether there were about twelve people there that day.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When they heard this, they were all baptized in the name of Jesus.

Contextual Overview

1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there 2 and said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." 3 So Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" "Into John's baptism," they replied. 4 Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, 6 and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy. 7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Acts 2:38, Acts 8:12, Acts 8:16, Romans 6:3, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 1:13-15, 1 Corinthians 10:2

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:6 - were Luke 3:16 - I indeed Acts 19:2 - Have ye

Cross-References

Genesis 19:23
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:27
Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord .
Leviticus 18:22
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
Judges 19:22
They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, "Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him."
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When they heard this,.... That is, the people to whom John preached, his hearers; when they heard of the Messiah, and that Jesus was he, and that it became them to believe in him:

they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus; not the disciples that Paul found at Ephesus, but the hearers of John; for these are the words of the Apostle Paul, giving an account of John's baptism, and of the success of his ministry, showing, that his baptism was administered in the name of the Lord Jesus; and not the words of Luke the Evangelist, recording what followed upon his account of John's baptism; for then he would have made mention of the apostle's name, as he does in the next verse; and have said, when they heard this account, they were baptized by Paul in the name of the Lord Jesus: the historian reports two things, first what Paul said, which lies in Acts 19:4 then what he did, Acts 19:6 where he repeats his name, as was necessary; as that he laid his hands upon them, which was all that was needful to their receiving the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, having been already baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus: which sense is the more confirmed by the particles μεν and δε, which answer to one another in verses 4 and 5, and show the words to be a continuation of the apostle's speech, and not the words of the historian, which begin in the next verse. Beza's ancient copy adds, "for the remission of sins".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When they heard this - When they heard what Paul had said respecting the nature of John’s baptism.

They were baptized ... - As there is no other instance in the New Testament of any persons having been rebaptized, it has been made a question by some critics whether it was done here; and they have supposed that all this is the narrative of Luke respecting what took place under the ministry of John: to wit, that he told them to believe on Christ Jesus, and then baptized them in his name. But this is a most forced construction; and it is evident that these persons were rebaptized by the direction of Paul. For:

(1) This is the obvious interpretation of the passage - what would strike all persons as correct, unless there were some previous theory to support.

(2) It was not a matter of fact that John baptized in the name of Christ Jesus. His was the baptism of repentance; and there is not the slightest evidence that he ever used the name of Jesus in the form of baptism.

(3) If it be the sense of the passage that John baptized them in the name of Jesus, then this verse is a mere repetition of Acts . Acts 19:4; a tautology of which the sacred writers would not be guilty.

(4) It is evident that the persons on whom Paul laid his hands Acts . Acts 19:6, and those who were baptized, were the same. But these were the persons who heard Acts . Acts 19:5 what was said. The narrative is continuous, all parts of it cohering together as relating to a transaction that occurred at the same time. If the obvious interpretation of the passage be the true one, it follows that the baptism of John was not strictly Christian baptism. It was the baptism of repentance; a baptism designed to prepare the way for the introduction of the kingdom of the Messiah. It will not follow, however, from this that Christian baptism is now ever to be repeated. For this there is no warrant in the New Testament. There is no command to repeat it, as in the case of the Lord’s Supper; and the nature and design of the ordinance evidently supposes that it is to be performed but once. The disciples of John were rebaptized, not because baptism is designed to be repeated, but because they never had been, in fact, baptized in the manner prescribed by the Lord Jesus.

In the name of the Lord Jesus - See the notes on Acts 2:38.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 19:5. When they heard this, c.] As there is no evidence in the New Testament of persons being rebaptized, unless this be one, many criticisms have been hazarded to prove that these persons were not rebaptized. I see no need of this. To be a Christian, a man must be baptized in the Christian faith: these persons had not been baptized into that faith, and therefore were not Christians: they felt this, and were immediately baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. This is a plain case but let one instance be produced of a person being rebaptized, who had before been baptized in the name of the holy Trinity, or even in the name of Jesus alone. In my view, it is an awful thing to iterate baptism when it had been before essentially performed: by "essentially performed," I mean, administered by sprinkling, washing, or plunging, by or in water, in the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit, being invoked at the time. Whoever has had this has the essence of baptism, as far as that can be conferred by man; and it matters not at what period of his life he has had it; it is a substantial baptism, and by it the person has been fully consecrated to the holy and blessed Trinity; and there should not be an iteration of this consecration on any account whatever. It is totally contrary to the canon law; it is contrary to the decisions of the best divines; it is contrary to the practice of the purest ages of the Church of God; it is contrary to the New Testament, and tends to bring this sacred ordinance into disrepute.


 
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