Acts 22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Cross-reference
Acts 2:21 is the Joel prophecy that 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved' — the promise Paul is told to act on.
In Acts 2:38, Peter's command to 'repent and be baptized for forgiveness of sins' is the same gospel invitation Ananias gives Paul in Acts 22:16, showing consistent apostolic teaching.
Acts 9:14 shows Paul had authority to bind those who called on Christ's name; now he himself is told to call — a dramatic reversal.
Acts 9:18 gives the direct account of Paul's baptism, the very event Paul is recounting here.
Acts 7:59 shows Stephen calling on Jesus as he dies, echoing the same act of calling on the Lord for salvation in baptism.
1 Peter 3:21 explicitly says baptism saves as an appeal to God for a good conscience — mirroring 'calling on his name' for salvation.
Titus 3:5 calls baptism the 'washing of regeneration' — the same cleansing by mercy, not works, that Paul experienced.
Galatians 3:27 teaches that baptism clothes us with Christ, directly connecting to 'calling on his name' and washing away sins.
In 1 Corinthians 6:11, Paul says 'you were washed, sanctified, justified'—the same cleansing from sins that baptism accomplishes in Acts 22:16.
Romans 10:12-14 expands the call: everyone who calls on the Lord is saved, requiring faith and hearing — the gospel Paul now preaches.
In Romans 6:4, baptism symbolizes burial and resurrection to new life, revealing the transformative result of the washing commanded in Acts 22:16.
In Romans 6:3, Paul explains baptism as being 'baptized into Christ's death'—the theological meaning behind the command in Acts 22:16 to wash away sins.
In Luke 3:3, John's baptism is for repentance and forgiveness — directly echoed in the call to wash away sins here.
Mark 16:16 connects belief and baptism to salvation — the same call here to be baptized and call on Jesus' name.
Mark 1:4 describes John's baptism for forgiveness of sins — the same concept of baptismal cleansing here.
In Matthew 3:6, baptism is linked with confessing sins — same pattern as the call to be baptized and wash away sins here.
Ezekiel 36:25 promises God's cleansing with water — a prophecy fulfilled in the baptism that washes away sins here.
Isaiah 1:16 directly calls to wash and cease evil — a clear parallel to the baptismal cleansing and repentance here.
1 Corinthians 12:13 expands baptism's meaning: not just washing away sins but being baptized by one Spirit into one body.
1 Corinthians 1:2 identifies believers as those who call on the Lord's name — the identity Paul received through baptism.
Ephesians 5:26 describes Christ cleansing the church by washing with water through the word, linking to baptism's cleansing from sins.
Hebrews 10:22 links baptismal washing with approaching God in full assurance, echoing the cleansing of conscience.
In 2 Kings 5:13, Naaman is told to wash for physical cleansing — a type of the spiritual washing from sin in baptism here.