Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’

King James Version

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Holman Bible

And now, why delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’

International Standard Version

So now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.'

A Conservative Version

And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

American Standard Version

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Amplified

Now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name [for salvation].’

An Understandable Version

So now, what are you waiting for? Get up and be immersed [into Christ], and have your sins washed away as you appeal to His name [i.e., to Christ's authority].'

Anderson New Testament

And now, why do you delay? Arise, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

Common New Testament

Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

Daniel Mace New Testament

why should you now delay? arise, be baptized, and cleansed from your sins, by invoking the name of the Lord.

Darby Translation

And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

Godbey New Testament

And now why tarriest thou? arising, be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on His name.

Goodspeed New Testament

And now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash out your sins, calling on his name.'

John Wesley New Testament

And now, why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Julia Smith Translation

And now what art thou about to do having risen, be immersed and wash away thy sins, having called upon the name of the Lord.

King James 2000

And now why do you tarry? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'

Modern King James verseion

And now what do you intend? Arise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And now: why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptised, and wash away thy sins, in calling on the name of the Lord.'

Moffatt New Testament

And now, why do you wait? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking his name.'

Montgomery New Testament

"'And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon his name.'

NET Bible

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

New Heart English Bible

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

Noyes New Testament

And now why dost thou delay? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

Sawyer New Testament

And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.

The Emphasized Bible

And, now, what art thou going to do? Arise, and get thyself immersed, and have thy sins bathed away, calling upon his name.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And now why delay? arise, to be baptised, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And now why wait any longer: Be baptized at once, wash away your sins, and invoke his Name.

Webster

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Weymouth New Testament

And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'

Williams New Testament

And now, why are you waiting? Get up and be baptized and wash your sins away by calling on His name.'

World English Bible

Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'

Worrell New Testament

And now why do you delay? Arising, be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

Worsley New Testament

And now why shouldst thou delay? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Youngs Literal Translation

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

now
νῦν 
Nun 
Usage: 102

why
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

tarriest thou
μέλλω 
mello 
shall, should, would, to come, will, things to come, not tr,
Usage: 90

ἀνίστημι 
Anistemi 
arise, rise, rise up, rise again, raise up, stand up, raise up again,
Usage: 86

and be baptized
βαπτίζω 
Baptizo 
Usage: 65

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἀπολούω 
Apolouo 
Usage: 2

thy
σοῦ 
Sou 
thy, thee, thine, thine own, thou, not tr
Usage: 241

ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
Usage: 143

calling on
ἐπικαλέομαι 
Epikaleomai 
Usage: 32

the name
ὄνομα 
Onoma 
name, named, called, surname , named , not tr
Usage: 162

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

Paul Tells Of His Conversion On The Damascus Road

15 For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard. 16 Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’ 17 “It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance,


Cross References

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Acts 2:21

And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Acts 9:14

and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.”

Romans 6:3-4

Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Galatians 3:27

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Titus 3:5

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 3:21

Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Psalm 119:60

I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we sitting still?
Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities
And let us perish there,
Because the Lord our God has doomed us
And given us poisoned water to drink,
For we have sinned against the Lord.

Acts 9:18

And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

Romans 10:12-14

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

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