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Acts 1:5

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

John baptized people with water, but you're about to be baptized with the Holy Spirit — and it's happening really soon.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Water baptism was just the warm-up; the Holy Spirit baptism is the main event.

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Translation & Methodology Sources

The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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