Mark 1:8
New International Version
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

New Living Translation
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”

English Standard Version
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Berean Standard Bible
I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Berean Literal Bible
I baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

King James Bible
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

New King James Version
I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

New American Standard Bible
I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

NASB 1995
“I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

NASB 1977
“I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Legacy Standard Bible
I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Amplified Bible
As for me, I baptized you [who came to me] with water [only]; but He will baptize you [who truly repent] with the Holy Spirit.”

Christian Standard Bible
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

American Standard Version
I baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

Contemporary English Version
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!"

English Revised Version
I baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Good News Translation
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

International Standard Version
I baptized you with water, but it is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Majority Standard Bible
I indeed baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

NET Bible
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

New Heart English Bible
I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

Webster's Bible Translation
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

Weymouth New Testament
I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

World English Bible
I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I indeed immersed you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”

Berean Literal Bible
I baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Young's Literal Translation
I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

Smith's Literal Translation
I truly immersed you in water: but he shall immerse you with the Holy Spirit.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I have baptized you with water. Yet truly, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

New American Bible
I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit.”

New Revised Standard Version
I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I have immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in The Spirit of Holiness.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
I immerse you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

Godbey New Testament
and He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

Haweis New Testament
I indeed baptise you with water; but he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost.

Mace New Testament
I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the effusion of the holy Ghost.

Weymouth New Testament
I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

Worrell New Testament
I immersed you in water; but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit."

Worsley New Testament
I indeed have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the holy Spirit.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Mission of John the Baptist
7And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” 9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.…

Cross References
Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 3:16
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 1:33
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 1:5
For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 11:16
Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 19:4
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Joel 2:28-29
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

Ezekiel 36:25-27
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

John 7:38-39
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:13
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.

Galatians 3:14
He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Titus 3:5-6
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. / This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Isaiah 32:15
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.


Treasury of Scripture

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

have.

Matthew 3:11
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:

he shall.

Proverbs 1:23
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

Isaiah 32:15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

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Mark 1
1. The office of John the Baptist.
9. Jesus is baptized;
12. tempted;
14. he preaches;
16. calls Peter, Andrew, James, and John;
23. heals one that had a demon;
29. Peter's mother in law;
32. many diseased persons;
40. and cleanses the leper.














I baptize you with water
This phrase is spoken by John the Baptist, a pivotal figure in the New Testament who serves as the forerunner to Jesus Christ. The act of baptism with water is symbolic of repentance and purification. The Greek word for "baptize" is "baptizō," which means to immerse or submerge. In the historical context, baptism was a common Jewish practice for ritual purification. John's baptism was a call to repentance, preparing the way for the coming Messiah. It signifies an outward expression of an inward change, a cleansing of sin in anticipation of the new covenant that Jesus would establish.

but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
The contrast between John's baptism and the baptism that Jesus will provide is profound. The "He" refers to Jesus Christ, who is the central figure of the Gospel. The promise of being baptized with the Holy Spirit is a transformative experience that goes beyond the physical act of water baptism. The Greek word for "Spirit" is "pneuma," which can also mean breath or wind, symbolizing life and power. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, and His indwelling presence in believers is a hallmark of the New Covenant. This baptism signifies the empowerment and sanctification of believers, enabling them to live a life that reflects the character and mission of Christ. Historically, this promise was fulfilled at Pentecost (Acts 2), when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, marking the birth of the Church and the beginning of the spread of the Gospel to all nations. This phrase emphasizes the superiority and divine nature of Jesus' ministry compared to John's, highlighting the transformative power of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer.

(8) I indeed have baptized you with water.--See Note on Matthew 3:11. St. Mark omits the "fire" which St. Matthew joins with the Holy Ghost, possibly as less intelligible to his Gentile readers.

Verse 8. - I baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with [or in] the Holy Ghost. It is as though he said, "Christ will pour his Holy Spirit so abundantly upon you, that he will cleanse you from all your sins, and fill you with holiness and love and all his other excellent graces." Christ did this visibly on the day of Pentecost. And this he does invisibly in the. sacrament of Holy Baptism, and in the rite of Confirmation, which is the completion of the sacrament of Baptism. John baptized with water only, but Christ with water and the Holy Spirit. John baptized the body only, Christ baptizes the soul. By how much, therefore, the Holy Spirit transcends the water, and the soul excels the body, by so much is Christ's baptism more excellent than that of John, which was only preparatory and rudimentary. If it be asked why it was needful that our Lord should be baptized with John's baptism, the best answer is that given by Christ himself, "Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness;" it becometh us - me in receiving this baptism, and you in imparting it. Christ was sent to do the whole will of God; and as in his circumcision, so in his baptism, "he was made to be sin for us, who knew no sin."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I
ἐγὼ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

baptize
ἐβάπτισα (ebaptisa)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 907: Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.

you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[with] water,
ὕδατι (hydati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5204: Water. And genitive case, hudatos, etc. From the base of huetos; water literally or figuratively.

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

He
αὐτὸς (autos)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

will baptize
βαπτίσει (baptisei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 907: Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.

you
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

with
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] Holy
Ἁγίῳ (Hagiō)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 40: Set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred. From hagos; sacred.

Spirit.”
Πνεύματι (Pneumati)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4151: Wind, breath, spirit.


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