Acts 22:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’”

— WEB

“And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”

— KJV

“And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.”

— ASV

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Commentary

be baptized and wash away thy sins--This way of speaking arises from baptism being the visible seal of remission. calling on the name of the Lord--rather, "having called," that is, after having done so; referring to the confession of Christ which preceded baptism, as Act 8:37.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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