Acts 8:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

They believed

1 Peter 3:21

Concerning

Luke 9:2

Both

Acts 5:14

1 Corinthians 11:11

Galatians 3:28

General references

Acts 10:47

Bible References

They believed

Then Philip opened his lips, and beginning from that same scripture, he preached the gospel of Jesus to him.

"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

And he said to them. "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Baptism, the counterpart of that, now saves you (not the washing off of the filth of the flesh, but the prayer for a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Concerning

After his sufferings he had also shown himself alive to them in many convincing manifestations, revealing himself to them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God.

Some of them, however, were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on reaching Antioch, began to tell the Greeks also the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.

testifying both to Jews and Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

He continued to preach the kingdom of God, and to teach about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, quite unmolested.

and sent them out to preach the kingdom of God, and heal the sick.

Both

Yet the people continued to hold them in high honor, and more and more believers in the Lord were joining them, both men and women.

However, in the Lord neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman;

In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

General references

Then Peter said, "Can any one refuse water for the baptism of these men who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"