Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I remembered (emnhsqhn). First aorist passive indicative of the common verb mimnhskw, to remind. Peter recalls the very words of Jesus as reported in Acts 1:5. Peter now understands this saying of Jesus as he had not done before. That is a common experience with us all as new experiences of grace open richer veins in God's truth (John 12:16). Peter clearly sees that the water baptism is merely the symbol or picture of the spiritual baptism in the heart.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 11:16:
Acts 2:4
Acts 10:47
Acts 27:39
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