Acts 22:16 “And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your s…”

Acts 22:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“why”

Psalm 119:60 Jeremiah 8:14

Psalm 119:60 · BSB

I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

“arise”

Acts 2:38 1 Corinthians 6:11 Titus 3:5 Hebrews 10:22 1 Peter 3:21 1 Corinthians 12:13

Acts 2:38 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 6:11 · BSB

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.

Titus 3:5 · BSB

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 · BSB

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 Peter 3:21 · BSB

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,

1 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB

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.

“calling”

Acts 2:21 Acts 9:14 Romans 10:12–14 1 Corinthians 1:2

Acts 2:21 · BSB

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Acts 9:14 · BSB

And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

Romans 10:12–14 · BSB

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,

1 Corinthians 1:2 · BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Also

Acts 9:18

Acts 9:18 · BSB

At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

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