Acts 19:4
New Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
Παῦλος
Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Ἰωάννης
Iōánnēs
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan), the name of four Israelites
βαπτίζω
baptízō
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordin...
βάπτισμα
báptisma
baptism (technically or figuratively)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אָמַן
ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Key Terms in This Verse
βαπτίζω baptízō
to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism
Study G907 →אָמַן ʼâman
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Study H539 →Παῦλος Paûlos
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973 (παύω), meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Study G3972 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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