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

3To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. 4Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, “Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed 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

• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• baptizedβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• with waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• with the Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• not manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• from nowμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• from nowοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Acts 1:5

• Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning.
• Acts 19:4Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
• Matthew 3:11“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• Luke 3:16John answered and said to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
• John 1:31I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:13For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
• Acts 2:1When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.
• Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
• Joel 2:28“It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions.
• Joel 3:18And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord To 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

In the dictionaries

• Holy Ghost
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• Apostle
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• Ministry
• Passion
• Pertain
• Promise
• Receive

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