11 (A)[a]Indeed I baptize you with water to [b]amendment of life, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear, he will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

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  1. Matthew 3:11 We may neither dwell upon the signs which God hath ordained as means to lead us unto our salvation, neither upon them: but we must climb up to the matter itself, that is to say, to Christ, who inwardly worketh that effectually, which is outwardly signified unto us.
  2. Matthew 3:11 The outward sign putteth us in mind of this, that we must change our lives and become better, assuring us as by a seal, that we are engrafted into Christ; whereby our old man dieth and the new man riseth up, Rom. 6:4.

11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C)

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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in

(A)The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

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“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[a](A)

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  1. Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3

26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one [a]among you, whom ye know not.

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  1. John 1:26 Whom all the world seeth not, and is even amongst you.

26 “I baptize with[a] water,”(A) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.

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  1. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)

(A)For John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized [a]with the holy Ghost within these few days.

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  1. Acts 1:5 Either of the Father, or of me: so that either the Father or Christ is set here against John, as the holy Ghost is against the water, as things answerable the one to the other.

For John baptized with[a] water,(A) but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(B)

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  1. Acts 1:5 Or in
  2. Acts 1:5 Or in

Therefore they that were scattered abroad, went to and fro preaching the word.

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Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(A) preached the word wherever they went.(B)

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16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, (A)John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy Ghost.

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16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with[a] water,(A) but you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.’(B)

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  1. Acts 11:16 Or in
  2. Acts 11:16 Or in

Then said Paul, (A)John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe in him, which should come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.

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Paul said, “John’s baptism(A) was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”(B)

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