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 began to speak, and, commencing with that same portion of Scripture, told him the Good News about Jesus.

"Repent," replied Peter, "and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, with a view to the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Among our hearers was one named Lydia, a dealer in purple goods. She belonged to the city of Thyateira, and was a worshipper of the true God. The Lord opened her heart, so that she gave attention to what Paul was saying.

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

Then He said to them, "Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind.

For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness, and with the mouth they make confession and obtain salvation.

And, corresponding to that figure, the water of baptism now saves you--not the washing off of material defilement, but the craving of a good conscience after God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Concerning

He had also, after He suffered, shown Himself alive to them with many sure proofs, appearing to them at intervals during forty days, and speaking of the Kingdom of God.

But some of them were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also and told them the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.

and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

He announced the coming of the Kingdom of God, and taught concerning the Lord Jesus Christ without let or hindrance.

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

Both

and more and more believers in the Lord joined them, including great numbers both of men and women--

Yet, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man nor man independent of woman.

In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; you are all one in Christ Jesus.

General references

"Can any one forbid the use of water, and object to these persons being baptized--men who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?"