16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. …
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)We are now drawing near to the appearance of our Lord Jesus publicly; the Sun will not be long after the morning-star. We are here told, I. How the people took occasion, from the ministry and baptism of John, to think of the Messiah, and to think of him as at the door, as now come. Thus the way of the Lord was prepared , and people were prepared to bid Christ welcome; for, when men’s expectations…
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