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What does Acts 22:16 mean? Paul is recounting the story of how he came to faith in Christ; this verse is a retelling of Acts 9:18. Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus and accepted Him as Lord with the help of a Jesus-follower named Ananias.
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When he was young, Paul trained under the rabbi Gamaliel to...
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Christ is here called that Just One; for he is Jesus Christ the righteous. Those whom God has chosen to know his will, must look to Jesus, for by him God has made known his good-will to us. The great gospel privilege, sealed to us by baptism, is the pardon of sins.
What does Acts 22:16 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.' And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. —The better MSS. give simply, “calling upon His name,” i.e., the name of the Just One whom St. Paul had seen.
Verse Acts 22:16. Arise, and be baptized — Take now the profession of Christ's faith most solemnly upon thee, by being baptized in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Wash away thy sins, &c.]
(Acts 22:27-29) The commander questions Paul about his citizenship. Then the commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
“And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight.
