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

3During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God. 4Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” 6So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.

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“As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning.
• Acts 19:4Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”
• Matthew 3:11“I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• Luke 3:16John answered their questions by saying, “I baptize you with water; but someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the straps of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• John 1:31I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”
• 1 Corinthians 12:13Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
• Acts 2:1On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place.
• Acts 10:45The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.
• Joel 2:28“Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
• Joel 3:18In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. Water will fill the streambeds of Judah, and a fountain will burst forth from the Lord’s Temple, watering the arid valley of acacias.

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
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• 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