The Mission of John the Baptist
Mark 1:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”Or in waterOr in the Holy Spirit
- KJV
- I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
- WEB
- I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”The Greek word (en) translated here as “in” could also be translated as “with” in some contexts.
- ASV
- I baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
- LSV
- I indeed immersed you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”
- YLT
- I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'
- DBY
- I indeed have baptised you with water, but he shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit.
- DRC
- I have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
- GNV
- Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐν (“with”); Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μὲν (“indeed”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tyndale House, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐν (“in”); NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἐγὼ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐγὼ; Robinson–Pierpont add μὲν.
- SBLGNT: ὑμᾶς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὑμᾶς; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add ἐν.
- SBLGNT: ἐν. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐν; Westcott and Hort (1881) omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἐγὼ ἐβάπτισα ὑμᾶς ὕδατι, αὐτὸς δὲ βαπτίσει ὑμᾶς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.
- RP2018
- Ἐγὼ μὲν ἐβάπτισα ὑμᾶς ἐν ὕδατι· αὐτὸς δὲ βαπτίσει ὑμᾶς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἐγὼ μὲν ἐβάπτισα ὑμᾶς ἐν ὕδατι· αὐτὸς δὲ βαπτίσει ὑμᾶς ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.
- SCR1894
- εγω μεν εβαπτισα υμας εν υδατι αυτος δε βαπτισει υμας εν πνευματι αγιω
Who and where
👤 Holy Spirit◆ John the Baptist Begins Ministry
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Baptism of the Holy SpiritBaptism (the Baptist Interpretation)TrinityBaptism (Lutheran Doctrine)RegenerationBaptismChrist, Offices ofMark, the Gospel According toJesus, the Christ
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 1:5For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
- 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.
- Acts 19:4–6Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. And when…
- Acts 2:4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
- Joel 2:28And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
- Acts 11:15–16As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning. Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with…
- Ezekiel 36:25–27I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of…
- Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Acts 2:17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- Proverbs 1:23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
- Titus 3:5–6He 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. This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ…
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).