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Acts 10:47 — King James Version← Study notes

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?


Acts 10:47Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 10:4719 words
GreekMeaning
ΜήτιMēti
surely not everparticleG3385
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ὕδωρhydōr
waternounG5204
δύναταιdynatai
is ableverbG1410
κωλῦσαίkōlysai
to withholdverbG2967
τιςtis
anyonepronounG5100
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
μὴ
notadverbG3361
βαπτισθῆναιbaptisthēnai
to baptizeverbG907
τούτουςtoutous
thesedemonstrativeG3778
οἵτινεςhoitines
whorelative pronounG3748
τὸto
thearticleG3588
πνεῦμαpneuma
SpiritnounG4151
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἅγιονhagion
HolyadjectiveG40
ἔλαβονelabon
have receivedverbG2983
ὡςhōs
about, after (that), (according) as (it ha…wordG5613
καὶkai
also haveadverbG2532
ἡμεῖςhēmeis
IpronounG1473
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 10:47

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Acts 10:47 Mark the issue to which he brings it; how he has been travailing to bring this forth. So (entirely) was he of this mind! Can any one, he asks, forbid water? It is the language, we may almost say, of one triumphantly pressing his advantage (ἐ πεμβαίνοντος) against such as would forbid, such as should say that this ought not to be. The whole thing, he says,…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 24 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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