ACTS 11:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 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.
Church Fathers on Acts 11:16
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Acts 11:16 He means, that no new thing has happened, but just what the Lord foretold. But there was no need to baptize? (Comp. p. 158.) But the baptism was completed already. And he does not say, I ordered them to be baptized: but what says he?
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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