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Paul’s Defense to the Crowd

Acts 22:16

In 9 translations

BSB
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
KJV
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
WEB
Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
ASV
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.
LSV
and now, why do you linger? Having risen, immerse yourself, and wash away your sins, calling on the Name of the LORD.
YLT
and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
DBY
And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.
DRC
And now why tarriest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.
GNV
Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτοῦ.¶ (“of Him”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τοῦ κυρίου (“of the Lord”).
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  • SBLGNT: αὐτοῦ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτοῦ; Robinson–Pierpont read τοῦ κυρίου.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ νῦν τί μέλλεις; ἀναστὰς βάπτισαι καὶ ἀπόλουσαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
RP2018
Καὶ νῦν τί μέλλεις; Ἀναστὰς βάπτισαι καὶ ἀπόλουσαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου, ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ νῦν τί μέλλεις; Ἀναστὰς βάπτισαι καὶ ἀπόλουσαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου, ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Κυρίου.
SCR1894
και νυν τι μελλεις αναστας βαπτισαι και απολουσαι τας αμαρτιας σου επικαλεσαμενος το ονομα του κυριου

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👤 Jesus Christ◆ Paul gives his testimony

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  • Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
  • Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Corinthians 12:13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
  • Galatians 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
  • Psalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
  • Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
  • Romans 6:3–4Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead…
  • Romans 10:12–14For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then can they call on the…
  • Acts 9:18At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
  • 1 Corinthians 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  • Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

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