Acts 11:15
What Peter confirms here is that the receiving of the Holy Spirit is, indeed, also the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The receiving and the baptism of the Holy Spirit are synonymous.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Pentecost and the Holy Spirit
13 aAnd he told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house, who said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon whose surname is Peter,
14 who will tell you words by which you and all your household will be saved.’
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, aas upon us at the beginning.
16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, a‘John indeed baptized with water, but byou shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
17 aIf therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, bwho was I that I could withstand God?”
18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, a“Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.”
Barnabas and Saul at Antioch
19 aNow those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but the Jews only.
20 But some of them were men from Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to athe Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Acts 11:15 Mean?
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