Acts 11:17

Acts chapter 11 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If then God gave unto them the like gift as he did also unto us, when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?

Context

v.16And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

v.17This passage

v.18And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also hath God granted repentance unto life.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 40:2

    Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

  • Romans 11:34

    For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • Acts 10:45

    And they of the circumcision that believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  • Matthew 20:14

    Take up that which is thine, and go thy way; it is my will to give unto this last, even as unto thee.

  • Acts 15:8

    And God, who knoweth the heart, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did unto us;

  • Job 40:8

    Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?