Acts 1:5

Acts 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
• New International Version (NIV)For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
• New King James Version (NKJV)for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Context of Acts 1:5

3After his death Jesus showed the apostles a lot of convincing evidence that he was alive. For 40 days he appeared to them and talked with them about God’s kingdom. 4Once, while he was meeting with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait there for what the Father had promised. Jesus said to them, “I’ve told you what the Father promises: John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 6So when the apostles came together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you’re going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7Jesus told them, “You don’t need to know about times or periods that the Father has determined by his own authority.

Acts 1:5 word by word

ὅτι Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐν πνεύματι βαπτισθήσεσθε ἁγίῳ οὐ μετὰ πολλὰς ταύτας ἡμέρας.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• trulyμένmen · on the other handG3303
• baptizedβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• with waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• butδέde · thenG1161
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• theπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• notοὐou · noG3756
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• henceμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Acts 1:5

• Acts 11:15“When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came to these people. This was the same thing that happened to us in the beginning.
• Acts 19:4Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. John told people to believe in Jesus, who was coming later.”
• Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water so that you will change the way you think and act. But the one who comes after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Luke 3:16John replied to all of them, “I baptize you with water. But the one who is more powerful than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie his sandal straps. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• John 1:31I didn’t know who he was. However, I came to baptize with water to show him to the people of Israel.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:13By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink.
• Acts 2:1When Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Passover, came, all the believers were together in one place.
• Acts 10:45All the believers who were circumcised and who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured on people who were not Jewish.
• Joel 2:28“After this, I will pour my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
• Joel 3:18On that day new wine will cover the mountains. Milk will flow on the hills. Water will flow in all the brooks of Judah. A spring will flow from the Lord’s temple. It will water the valley of Shittim.

Commentaries on Acts 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Ye 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For 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. Not many days hence - This was probably spoken…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5baptized: See “Baptism” Theme Note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-53-5. showed himself alive--As the author is about to tell us that "the resurrection of the Lord Jesus" was the great burden of apostolic preaching, so the subject is here filly introduced by an allusion to the primary evidence on which that great fact rests, the repeated and undeniable manifestations of Himself in the body to the assembled disciples, who, instead of being predisposed to believe it, had to be overpowered by the resistless evidence of their…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 1:5

• Baptism
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Minister, Christian
• Trinity

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Commentaries on Acts 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings