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Acts 19:5

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

When they heard this, they got baptized in Jesus' name.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes all it takes is hearing the truth to know you're ready to take the next step.

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Everyone who heard Jesus — regular people and even tax collectors — acknowledged that God was right, and they showed it by getting baptized by John.

So when Jesus found out that the Pharisees had heard he was gaining and baptizing more followers than John the Baptist,

Crispus, who was basically the head of the local synagogue, decided to believe in Jesus — and his whole family followed. When the people in Corinth heard about it, tons of them started believing too and got baptized.

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