God’s Word Translation
Acts 19:5
5After they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 19:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
- New International Version (NIV)On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
- English Standard Version (ESV)On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Context of Acts 19:5
3Paul asked them, “What kind of baptism did you have?” They answered, “John’s baptism.” 4Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. John told people to believe in Jesus, who was coming later.” After they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came to them, and they began to talk in other languages and to speak what God had revealed. 7About twelve men were in the group.
Read all of Acts 19Acts 19:5 word by word
ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἐβαπτίσθησαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Acts 19:5
- Acts 2:38Peter answered them, “All of you must turn to God and change the way you think and act, and each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.
- Acts 8:12However, when Philip spread the Good News about God’s kingdom and the one named Jesus Christ, men and women believed him and were baptized.
- Romans 6:3Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
- 1 Corinthians 1:13Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in Paul’s name?
- 1 Corinthians 10:2They were all united with Moses by baptism in the cloud and in the sea.
Commentaries on Acts 19:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When they heard this, etc. - 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5When 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7Paul traveled to Ephesus after Apollos had left. Later, Apollos returned to Ephesus while Paul was still there (1 Corinthians 16:12). The two men had different personalities, gifts, and roles, but God worked through both of them. Some Christians in Ephesus did not fully understand the Christian faith (Acts 18:26). They did not receive the Holy Spirit when they believed the good news about Jesus. They had accepted John's baptism, which called for…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. When they heard this--not the mere words reported in Ac 19:4, but the subject expounded according to the tenor of those words. they were baptized--not however by Paul himself (1Co 1:14). in the name of the Lord Jesus--into the whole fulness of the new economy, as now opened up to their believing minds.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 19
- 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
- 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
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