Acts 22:16 Parallel Translations

What are you waiting for now? Get up! Be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.'(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

DBY:

And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

ERV:

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

WEY:

And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

and now, why tarriest thou? having risen, baptize thyself, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.

Acts 22:16 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 7:59 They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

Acts 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;

1 Corinthians 6:11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 5:26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

22:16 Arise, and be baptized. Dean Howson ( Acts, p. 501) says that the verb baptize in the Greek is in the middle voice, and that a more accurate rendering would be, Have thyself baptized.
Wash away thy sins. This language shows that Ananias thought that the penitent sinner was to be baptized for the remission of sins (Ac 2:38), and that Paul held the same view. Compare Titus 3:5. Hackett says:
This clause states the result of baptism in language derived from the nature of the ordinance. It answers to eis aphesin hamartion (Ac 2:38), i.e. submit to the rite in order to be forgiven.... There can be no question of the mode of baptism in this case, for if it be held that be baptized is uncertain in its meaning, wash away is a definition that removes the doubt.''
As the final act of conversion, baptism symbolically, is said to wash away sins.

WES:

22:16 Be baptized, and wash away thy sins - Baptism administered to real penitents, is both a means and seal of pardon. Nor did God ordinarily in the primitive Church bestow this on any, unless through this means.

MHC:

22:12-21 The apostle goes on to relate how he was confirmed in the change he had made. The Lord having chosen the sinner, that he should know his will, he is humbled, enlightened, and brought to the knowledge of Christ and his blessed gospel. 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. Be baptized, and wash away thy sins; that is, receive the comfort of the pardon of thy sins in and through Jesus Christ, and lay hold on his righteousness for that purpose; and receive power against sin, for the mortifying of thy corruptions. Be baptized, and rest not in the sign, but make sure of the thing signified, the putting away of the filth of sin. The great gospel duty, to which by our baptism we are bound, is, to seek for the pardon of our sins in Christ's name, and in dependence on him and his righteousness. God appoints his labourers their day and their place, and it is fit they should follow his appointment, though it may cross their own will. Providence contrives better for us than we do for ourselves; we must refer ourselves to God's guidance. If Christ send any one, his Spirit shall go along with him, and give him to see the fruit of his labours. But nothing can reconcile man's heart to the gospel, except the special grace of God.

CONC:

Arise Baptised Baptism Baptize Baptized Calling Delay Giving Lingerest Rise Risen Sins Tarriest Thyself Wait Waiting Wash Washed Washing Worship

Arise Baptised Baptism Baptize Baptized Delay Rise Risen Sins Thyself Wait Waiting Wash Washed Washing Worship

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