Acts 11:17
“Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?”
And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
Cross-References
“But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.”
“Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”
“And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.”
“Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.”
“But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.”