38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-41)We have seen the wonderful effect of the pouring out of the Spirit, in its influence upon the preachers of the gospel. Peter, in all his life, never spoke at the rate that he had done now, with such fulness, perspicuity, and power. We are now to see another blessed fruit of the pouring out of the Spirit in its influence upon the hearers of the gospel. From the first delivery of that divine message…
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