Acts 10:47
Good News Translation
"These people have received the Holy Spirit, just as we also did. Can anyone, then, stop them from being baptized with water?"

New Revised Standard Version
“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?”

Contemporary English Version
"These Gentiles have been given the Holy Spirit, just as we have! I am certain that no one would dare stop us from baptizing them."

New American Bible
“Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people, who have received the holy Spirit even as we have?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we?

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Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we?

Acts 8:12,36 But when they had believed Philip preaching of the kingdom of God, in the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. . . .

Acts 11:15-17 And when I had begun to speak, the Holy Ghost fell upon them, as upon us also in the beginning. . . .

Acts 15:8,9 And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us: . . .

Genesis 17:24-26 Abraham was ninety and nine years old, when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin. . . .

Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:

Romans 10:12 For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him.

Context
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit
46For they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying God. 47Then Peter answered: Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost, as well as we? 48And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then they desired him to tarry with them some days.…
Cross References
Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Ghost gave them to speak.

Acts 8:36
And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water: What doth hinder me from being baptized?

Acts 10:44
While Peter was yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word.

Acts 11:17
If then God gave them the same grace as to us also who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ: who was I, that could withstand God?

Acts 15:8
And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us:

Acts 10:46
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