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 whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 4And, being assembled with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard from me. For John truly baptized in water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now. 6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

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

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• trulyμένmen · on the other handG3303
• baptizedβαπτίζωbaptizō · to baptizeG907
• waterὕδωρhudōr hudatos · waterG5204
• butδέde · thenG1161
• yeὑμεῖςhumeis · youG5210
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• Holyἅγιοςhagios · holyG40
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• notοὐou · noG3756
• manyμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• nowταύταιςtautais tautas · henceG5025

Cross-references for Acts 1:5

• Acts 11:15And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
• Acts 19:4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe on him who should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
• Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you in water to repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit, and in fire:
• Luke 3:16John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you in water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
• John 1:31And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing in water.
• 1 Corinthians 12:13For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
• Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
• Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Joel 2:28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
• Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall 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