Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

Young's Literal Translation

Acts 19:3

and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baptism;   Holy Spirit;   Thompson Chain Reference - Baptism;   John's;   Sacraments;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Baptism with the Holy Spirit;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - John;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Baptism with the spirit;   John the baptist;   Tongues;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - John the Baptist;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Relics;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Apollos;   Baptism;   Hand;   Holy Spirit, the;   John the Baptist;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Baptism;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bible;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Ephesus;   John the Baptist;   Regeneration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Atonement (2);   Baptism;   Baptism ;   Character;   Personality;   Righteous, Righteousness;   Sacraments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Ephesians, Epistle to the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Baptism;   Ephesians;   Ephesus;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Baptism;   Eph'esus;   John the Baptist;   Romans, Epistle to the;  

Encyclopedias:

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Into what then were you baptized?” he asked them.
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they saide, Unto Iohns Baptisme.
King James Version
And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
English Standard Version
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
New American Standard Bible
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."
New Century Version
So he asked, "What kind of baptism did you have?" They said, "It was the baptism that John taught."
Amplified Bible
And he asked, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism."
Berean Standard Bible
"Into what, then, were you baptized?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they replied.
Contemporary English Version
"Then why were you baptized?" Paul asked. They answered, "Because of what John taught."
Complete Jewish Bible
"In that case," he said, "into what were you immersed?" "The immersion of Yochanan," they answered.
Darby Translation
And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
Easy-to-Read Version
Paul asked them, "So what kind of baptism did you have?" They said, "It was the baptism that John taught."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he said vnto them, Vnto what were ye then baptized? And they saide, Vnto Iohns baptisme.
George Lamsa Translation
Then he said to them, By what baptism then were you baptized? They said, By the baptism of John.
Good News Translation
"Well, then, what kind of baptism did you receive?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they answered.
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into the baptism of John."
Literal Translation
And he said to them, Then to what were you baptized? And they said, To the baptism of John.
American Standard Version
And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Bible in Basic English
And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, "Into what then were you immersed?" They said, "Into Yochanan's immersion."
International Standard Version
He then asked, "Then into what were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."Acts 18:25;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
He saith to them, And into what were you baptized ? They said, Into the baptism of Juhanon.
Murdock Translation
He said to them: Into what then were ye baptized? They say: Into the baptism of John.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he sayde vnto them: Unto what then were ye baptized? And they sayde: vnto Iohns baptisme.
English Revised Version
And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
World English Bible
He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Into what then were you baptized?" he asked. "Into John's baptism," they replied.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, Therfor in what thing ben ye baptisid? And thei seiden, In the baptym of Joon.
Update Bible Version
And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
New English Translation
So Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" "Into John's baptism," they replied.
New King James Version
And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?" So they said, "Into John's baptism."
New Living Translation
"Then what baptism did you experience?" he asked. And they replied, "The baptism of John."
New Life Bible
He asked them, "How were you baptized?" They answered, "The way John baptized."
New Revised Standard
Then he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said - Into what, then, were ye immersed? And, they, said - Unto John's immersion.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: In what then were you baptized? Who said: In John’s baptism.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayd vnto them: wher wt were ye then baptised? And they sayd: with Iohns baptim
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto them: Where with then were ye baptysed? They sayde: With the baptyme of Ihon.
Mace New Testament (1729)
what baptism then, said he, did you receive? they replied, the baptism of John.
THE MESSAGE
"How were you baptized, then?" asked Paul. "In John's baptism."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Paul inquired, "What type of baptism did you have?""John's baptism," they responded.

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples, 2 he said unto them, `The Holy Spirit did ye receive -- having believed?' and they said unto him, `But we did not even hear whether there is any Holy Spirit;' 3 and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.' 4 And Paul said, `John, indeed, did baptize with a baptism of reformation, saying to the people that in him who is coming after him they should believe -- that is, in the Christ -- Jesus;' 5 and they, having heard, were baptized -- to the name of the Lord Jesus, 6 and Paul having laid on them [his] hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying, 7 and all the men were, as it were, twelve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Unto what: Matthew 28:19, 1 Corinthians 12:13

Unto John's: Acts 18:25, Matthew 3:1-17, Luke 3:1-38

Reciprocal: Mark 1:4 - did Acts 13:24 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,
Genesis 19:8
lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'
Genesis 19:28
and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.
Genesis 19:29
And it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 21:8
And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac's being weaned;
Exodus 12:15
Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:39
And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves.
Judges 6:19
And Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth [it] nigh.
1 Samuel 28:24
And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,
2 Kings 4:8
And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them, unto what then were ye baptized?.... The apostle takes it for granted that they were baptized, since they were not only believers, but disciples; such as not only believed with the heart, but had made a profession of their faith, and were followers of Christ; but asks unto what they were baptized; either in whose name they were baptized, since Christian baptism was administered in the name of the Spirit, as well as in the name of the Father and of the Son; or what attended or followed their baptism, seeing sometimes the Holy Ghost fell upon persons, either before baptism, or at it, or after it:

and they said, unto John's baptism; some think they had never been baptized at all with water baptism, only had received the doctrine preached by John, concerning repentance and remission of sins, and so were baptized unto him, professing the same doctrine he did, just as the Israelites were baptized into Moses; others think they were baptized, but very wrongly, being baptized in the name of John, and not in the name of Jesus Christ; and so, as it was not Christian baptism they had submitted to, it was right to baptize them again: but neither of these are probable, for it is not likely that they should receive John's doctrine, and not his baptism; that they should be his disciples and followers, and not attend to the more distinguishing branch of his ministry; and it is still more unlikely that they should be baptized in his name, who preached Jesus Christ to his followers, and pointed out to them the Lamb of God, and declared him to be greater than he; it seems rather that they were baptized, and that they were baptized in the name of Christ, as John's disciples were, as the apostle affirms in the following words.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto what - Unto what faith or doctrine. What did you profess to believe when you were baptized?

Unto John’s baptism - See the notes on Acts 18:25.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile