Acts 22:16

Translations

Modern

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Traditional

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

Literal

And now, why do you delay? Having arisen, be baptized and wash away your sins, having called on His name.’

Latin

Et nunc quid moraris? Exsurge, et baptizare, et ablue peccata tua, invocato nomine ipsius.

Original

Greek

English

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

Notes

Acts 22:16

be baptized, and wash your sins away: See “Baptism” Theme Note.

Acts 22:12–16

Ananias: See study note on 9:17.

Acts 22:1–21

Paul gives his most complete defense of his life and faith before his own people in Jerusalem. This speech shows his flexibility as a missionary, just as his message to the Greek philosophers in Athens also did (17:22–31; see 1 Corinthians 9:20–23).

He begins by showing his close connection with his audience. He explains his Jewish background and his training under Gamaliel the Elder (a respected Jewish teacher). He also describes his strong desire to honor God, a desire they shared (Acts 22:1–3).

Paul then recounts how he once persecuted Christians (22:4–5). He tells about seeing Jesus on the road to Damascus (22:6–10). and explains his conversion (his turning to follow Jesus; 22:11–16).

He ends by describing a vision in the temple, where the Lord spoke to him. The Lord told him that many Jews would reject the message and that he should go to the Gentiles (22:17–21).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Baptism Persecution

Events

Paul gives his testimonyc. AD 54

Related verses

Acts 2:38
Peter 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 2:21
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Titus 3:5
He 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.
Hebrews 10:22
…let 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 Corinthians 6:11
And 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.
1 Peter 3:21
And 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,
Psalm 119:60
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Galatians 3:27
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13
For 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.
Romans 6:3–4
Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
Acts 9:14
And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
Romans 10:12–14
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

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