Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we—and are thus, in all that is essential to salvation, on a level with ourselves.
Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water . . . which have received the Holy Ghost, etc.—Mark, he does not say, They have received the Spirit, what need have they for water? but, Having the living discipleship imparted to them and visibly stamped upon them, what objection can there be to admitting them, by the seal of baptism, into the full fellowship of the Church?
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 10:47:
Luke 18:16
Acts 9:17-19
1 Corinthians 10:2
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