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Actes 11:16

Listen to Actes 11:16
16 Et je me souvins de cette parole du Seigneur: Jean a baptisé d'eau, mais vous, vous serez baptisés du Saint-Esprit.

Actes 11:16 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:16

Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said,
&c.] Just before his ascension, ( Acts 1:5 ) .

John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost;
as they were on the day of Pentecost, and as now Cornelius and his family were; and since they had the greater baptism, the baptism of the Spirit, the lesser baptism of water could not be denied them.

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Actes 11:16 In-Context

14 qui te dira des choses par lesquelles tu seras sauvé, toi et toute ta maison.
15 Lorsque je me fus mis à parler, le Saint-Esprit descendit sur eux, comme sur nous au commencement.
16 Et je me souvins de cette parole du Seigneur: Jean a baptisé d'eau, mais vous, vous serez baptisés du Saint-Esprit.
17 Or, puisque Dieu leur a accordé le même don qu'à nous qui avons cru au Seigneur Jésus-Christ, pouvais-je, moi, m'opposer à Dieu?
18 Après avoir entendu cela, ils se calmèrent, et ils glorifièrent Dieu, en disant: Dieu a donc accordé la repentance aussi aux païens, afin qu'ils aient la vie.
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