ACTS 11:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.”
'Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'—Peter's memory-work ('remembered,' mimnēskō) connects the present event to Jesus's resurrection word (Acts 1:5). The contrast—water (external, ritual) vs. Spirit (internal, transformative)—shows the gospel's fulfillment of John's prophecy. Both Jews and Gentiles now receive the eschatological baptism.
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