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Acts 10:48 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 48
And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.Acts 10:48 · King James Version
Acts 10:48 in context
46For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandedprostassōto assign or ascribe to, join to, to enjoin, order, prescribe, command, to appoint, to…G4367 →
- baptizedbaptizōto dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge , to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to…G907 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- tarryepimenōto stay at or with, to tarry still, still to abide, to continue, remain, of tarrying in a…G1961 →
- nameonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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We have here the issue and effect of Peter's sermon to Cornelius and his friends. He did not labour in vain among them, but they were all brought home to Christ. Here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 44-48