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

And Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him the good news of Jesus.

And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

And a certain woman by the name of Lydia, a dealer in purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard, whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the [words] spoken by Paul.

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach the good news to all the creation;

for with the mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to salvation.

The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Concerning

to whom also he presented himself living after his suffering, by many proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking things relating to the kingdom of God.

But some of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks preaching the good news of the Lord Jesus.

testifying both to Jews and Greeks the change of mind to God, and the faith in our Lord Jesus.

preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the doctrines concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

and sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to cure the sick.

Both

and believers were added the more to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;

But neither is woman without man, nor man without woman in the Lord;

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither servant nor freeman, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

General references

Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?