Acts 22:17

"Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’"

Key Reflection

This verse commands immediate action and repentance, emphasizing that baptism symbolizes both physical cleansing and spiritual renewal. By arising to be baptized, one acknowledges and forsakes past sins while calling on the name of the Lord for forgiveness and new life.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 17. When I was come again to Jerusalem. That is, three years after his conversion. See Ga 1:17,18. While I prayed in the temple. Paul, like the other converts to Christianity from among the Jews, would naturally continue to offer his devotions in the temple. We meet with repeated instances of their continuing to comply with the customs of the Jewish people. I was in a trance. Greek, Ecstasy. See Barnes "Ac 10:10".

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