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Acts 22:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 16 And now why are you delaying? Rise, get baptized, and wash your sins+ away by your calling on his name.’+

Acts 22:16

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 16 καὶ And νῦν now τί why μέλλεις; are you being about? ἀναστὰς Having stood up βάπτισαι be baptized καὶ and ἀπόλουσαι wash away τὰς the ἁμαρτίας sins σου of you ἐπικαλεσάμενος having called upon τὸ the ὄνομα name αὐτοῦ. of him.

Acts 22:16

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 16 And now why are you delaying? Rise, get baptized+ and wash+ your sins away by your calling* upon his name.’+

Acts 22:16

The Bible in Living English
- 16 And now why do you put it off? stand up and be baptized and wash off your sins, invoking his name.’

Acts 22:16

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

Acts 22:16

The Emphasized Bible
- 16 And now what art thou going to do? Arise and get thyself immersed, and have thy sins bathed away calling upon his name.

Acts 22:16

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

Acts Study Notes—Chapter 22

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 22:16
  
  wash your sins away by your calling on his name: A person will have his sins washed away, not by the baptismal water itself, but by calling on the name of Jesus. Doing this involves putting faith in Jesus and demonstrating that faith by Christian works.—Ac 10:43; Jas 2:14, 18; see study note on Ro 10:13.