And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into the baptism of John.” And Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who was to come after him—that is, in Jesus.” And when they[a] heard this,[b] they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Acts 19:5 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?”

“John’s baptism,” they replied.

Paul said, “John’s baptism(A) was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”(B) On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(C)

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