Thematic Bible: Baptism of


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Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,






At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.









This man, Jesus the Messiah, is the one who came by water and blood not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth.




When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy. There were about twelve men in all.






While Peter was still making this statement, the Holy Spirit fell on all the people who were listening to his message.


Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.






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