Reference: Baptism
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The holy ordinance by which persons are admitted as members of the Christian community. It is administered in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and is a visible and public profession of faith in Christ and his salvation, of vital union with him, of the obligation to live a new life according to his precepts and in his service, and of the expectation of sharing in his glorious and heavenly immortality. It is not by any means to be regarded as a regenerating ordinance, though significant of regeneration. It was established in the Christian church by Christ and his apostles, and is binding on his followers to the end of time. The use of water in this ordinance is grounded in part on its qualities as the great element of purification, and on the rites of the ancient dispensation, in which "water and blood: were the divinely appointed symbols of moral renovation and atonement.
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Baptisms in the sense of purifications were common in the Old Testament The "divers washings" (Greek "baptisms") are mentioned in Heb 9:10, and "the doctrine of baptisms," Heb 6:2. The plural" baptisms" is used in the wider sense, all purifications by water; as of the priest's hands and feet in the laver outside before entering the tabernacle, in the daily service (Ex 30:17-21); of the high priest's flesh in the holy place on the day of atonement (Le 16:23); of persons ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 14; 15; Le 16:26-28; 17:15; 22:4-6), a leper, one with an issue, one who ate that which died of itself, one who touched a dead body, the one who let go the scape-goat or buried the ashes of the red heifer, of the people before a religious festival (Ex 19:10; Joh 11:55). The high priest's consecration was threefold: by baptism, unction, and sacrifice (Ex 29:4; 40:12-15; Leviticus 8).
Baptism in the singular is used specially of the Christian rite. Jewish believers passed naturally from the Old Testament baptismal purifications, through John's transitional baptism, to Christian baptism and the subsequent laying on of hands, accompanied with the Holy Spirit (Ac 8:12,14-17). The spiritual sense of ceremonial baptisms was recognized in the Old Testament (Ps 26:6; 51:2,7; 73:13; Isa 1:16; 4:4; Jer 4:14; Zec 13:1.)
Ceremonial washings had been multiplied by tradition, before the Lord's coming (Mr 7:3-4). Even the Gentile Pilate washed his hands to symbolize his innocence of Jesus' blood. The Targum of Jonathan on Ex 12:44 is the earliest authority for the common notion that the Jews baptized male (besides circumcising them) and female proselytes. No notice of such a custom occurs in Philo, Josephus, or the Targum of Onkelos; the commonness of such ceremonial purifications makes it a probable one. In the 4th century A.D. it certainly prevailed. In the case of Jewish proselytes from Ishmaelites and Egyptians, who were already circumcised, some such rite would be needed. Probably it was at first merely the customary purificatory washing before the sacrifice offered in admitting the proselyte, whence Philo and Josephus would omit mentioning it as being usual at all sacrifices. When sacrifices ceased, after the destruction of the temple, the washing would be retained as a baptism of initiation into Judaism.
John's "baptism of repentance for the remission of sins" (Lu 3:3) was the pledge his followers took of their determination to separate themselves from the prevalent pollutions, as the needful preparation for receiving the coming Messiah, who remits the sins of His believing people. The "remission" was not present but prospective, looked for through Messiah, not through John (Ac 10:43). John's baptism was accompanied with confession (Mt 3:6), and was an act of obedience to the call to renounce all sin and believe in the coming Redeemer from sin. The universal expectation of the Messianic king "in the whole East" (says Suetonius, a pagan writer, Vespas. 4) made all ready to flock to the forerunner. The Jews hoped to be delivered from Rome's supremacy (Mal 3:1; 4:5-6).
The last of the prophets had foretold the coming of Elijah before the great day of the coming of the Lord, the Sun of righteousness, the messenger of the covenant. Elijah was to "turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers," namely, the disobedient children to the faith and fellowship of their pious forefathers, Abraham, Jacob, Levi, Elijah (Lu 1:17), lest Messiah at His coming" should smite the earth with a curse." The scribes accordingly declared, "Elias must first come." Jesus declared that John was this foretold Elias (Mt 11:13-14; 17:10-12). John's preaching was "Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand," the latter phrase referring to Da 2:44; 7:14. The Jews, as a nation, brought the "curse" on their land ("earth") by not repenting, and by rejecting Messiah at His first advent.
Their sin delayed the kingdom's manifestation, just as their unbelief in the wilderness caused the 40 years of delay in entering into their inheritance in Canaan. He brought blessing to those who accepted Him (John was the instrument in turning many to Him: Joh 1:11,36), and shall bring blessing to the nation at His second advent, when they shall turn to the Lord (Ro 11:5,26; Lu 13:35). John's baptism began and ended with himself; he alone, too, administered it. But Christ's baptism was performed by His disciples, not Himself, that He might mark His exclusive dignity as baptizer, with the Holy Spirit (Joh 4:2), and that the validity of baptism might not depend on the worth of the minister but on God's appointment. It continues to the end of this dispensation (Mt 28:19-20). John's was with water only; Christ's with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Lu 3:16).
The Holy Spirit in full measure was not given until Jesus' glorification at His ascension (Joh 7:39). Apollos' and John's disciples at Ephesus knew not of the Holy Spirit's baptism, which is the distinctive feature of Christ's (Ac 18:25; 19:2-6; compare Ac 1:5; 11:16). The outward sign of an inward sorrow for sin was in John's baptism; but there was not the inward spiritual grace conferred as in Christian baptism. Those of the twelve who had. been baptized by John probably received no further baptism until the extraordinary one by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Christian baptism implies grafting into fellowship or union with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; for the Greek expresses this (Mt 28:19): "Go ye, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name (the revealed person) of the Father," etc.
John, being among the Old Testament prophets, not in the kingdom of God or New Testament church, preached the law and baptism into legal repentance and reformation of morals, and Messiah's immediate advent. Christian baptism is the seal of gospel doctrine and spiritual renewal. Jesus' own baptism by John was, Christ saith, in order "to fulfill all righteousness" (Mt 3:15). Others in being baptized confessed their sins; Jesus professed" all righteousness." He submitted, as part of the righteousness He undertook to fulfill, to be consecrated to His ministry in His 30th year, the age at which the Levites began their ministry (Lu 3:23), by the last of the Old Testament prophets and the harbinger of the New Testament, His own forerunner. At the same time that the outward minister set Him apart, the Holy Spirit from heaven gave Him inwardly the unction of His fullness without measure; and the Father declared His acceptance of Him as the sinners' savior, the anointed prophet, priest, and king (Joh 3:34; 1:16): "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Since God, against whom we have sinned, is satisfied with Him (and God cannot but be so, seeing it was the Father's love and justice which provided Him), so also may we. As the high priest's consecration was threefold, by baptism, unction, and sacrifice, so Jesus' (compare Ac 10:38) baptism began His consecration, the Holy Spirit's unction was the complement of His baptism, and His sacrifice fully perfected His consecration as our priest forevermore (Heb 7:28, margin). This is the sense of 1Jo 5:6; "this is He that came by water and blood;" by water at His consecration by baptism to His mediatorial ministry for us, when He received the Father's testimony to His Messiahship and His divine Sonship (Joh 1:33-34). Corresponding to His is our baptism of water and the Spirit, the seal of initiatory incorporation with Him (Joh 3:5).
Jesus came "by blood" also, namely, "the blood of His cross" (Heb 9:12). His coming "by water and blood," as vividly set forth in the issue of water and blood from His pierced side, was seen and solemnly attested by John (Joh 19:34-35). John Baptist came only baptizing with water; therefore was not Messiah. Jesus came, undergoing Himself the double baptism of water and blood, then baptizing us with the Spirit cleansing, of which water is the sacramental seal, and with His atoning blood once for all shed and of perpetual efficacy; therefore He Messiah. It is His shed blood which gives water baptism its spiritual significancy. We are b
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and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire;
I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire;
But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him;
But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him;
For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John. And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.
And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.
And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must first come? And he answered and said, Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things.
And he answered and said, Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things. But I tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to suffer from them.
But I tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to suffer from them.
Then little children were brought to him that he should put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Then little children were brought to him that he should put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Then little children were brought to him that he should put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
Then little children were brought to him that he should put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
But Jesus said, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And he put his hands on them and departed thence.
But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said to him, We can.
But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said to him, We can.
But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said to him, We can.
But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said to him, We can. He said to them; you shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.
He said to them; you shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders.
For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders.
For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders.
For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding the tradition of the elders. And from a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [
And from a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [
And from a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [
And from a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [
And taking the hand of the blind man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his eyes, and putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any thing?
And taking the hand of the blind man, he brought him out of the village, and spitting on his eyes, and putting his hands on him, he asked him, Do you see any thing?
And Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
And Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly [poison] it shall not hurt them; and they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well.
they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly [poison] it shall not hurt them; and they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well.
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
And when eight days were completed, [the time] to circumcise him, his name was called Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And when eight days were completed, [the time] to circumcise him, his name was called Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins;
And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins;
John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,
And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,
And the Pharisee seeing him, wondered that he was not first baptized before breakfast.
And the Pharisee seeing him, wondered that he was not first baptized before breakfast.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished!
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished!
Behold, your house is left to you. And I tell you, that you shall not see me, till [the day] shall come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
Behold, your house is left to you. And I tell you, that you shall not see me, till [the day] shall come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
He came to his own, and his own received him not.
He came to his own, and his own received him not.
For we all have received of his fullness, and grace for grace;
For we all have received of his fullness, and grace for grace;
And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you see the Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you see the Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure.
And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
And on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.
But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.
and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever,
and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, to be with you forever, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you.
the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it beholds it not nor knows it; but you know it, because it continues with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
You are now pure, by means of the word which I have spoken to you;
You are now pure, by means of the word which I have spoken to you;
Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth.
Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth.
but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.
but one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water. He who saw has testified, and his testimony is true, for he knows that he says what is true, that you also may believe.
He who saw has testified, and his testimony is true, for he knows that he says what is true, that you also may believe.
that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.
that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.
and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them;
and there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire, and [one] sat on each one of them;
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women. And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.
And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.
And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.
And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.
And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished.
And Simon also himself believed, and being baptized attended constantly on Philip; and beholding the mighty works and miracles that were performed, he was astonished. And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,
And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,
And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,
And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,
And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John,
And the apostles at Jerusalem hearing that Samaria had received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money,
And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money,
And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money,
And Simon seeing that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, offered them money, saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit.
saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit.
saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit.
saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit. But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money.
But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money.
But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money.
But Peter said to him, Your money go to perdition with you; because you have thought to purchase the gift of God with money. You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God.
You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God.
You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God.
You have no part nor inheritance in this work; for your heart is not right before God. Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you;
Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you;
Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you;
Turn your mind therefore from this your wickedness, and pray the Lord if perhaps the thought of your mind may be forgiven you; for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness.
for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness.
for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness.
for I see you are in the gall of bitterness and bond of wickedness. And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me.
And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me.
And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me.
And Simon answered and said, Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have said may come upon me. They then having fully testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.
They then having fully testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news to many villages of the Samaritans. And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness.
And an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go to the south, by the way that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza; this is a wilderness. And he arose and went. And behold a man, an Ethiopian eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, who had come to Jerusalem to worship,
And he arose and went. And behold a man, an Ethiopian eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasures, who had come to Jerusalem to worship, and he was returning and sitting in his chariot reading the prophet Isaiah.
and he was returning and sitting in his chariot reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip, Go forward and join yourself to his chariot.
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go forward and join yourself to his chariot. And Philip running forward heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he said, Do you really understand what you read?
And Philip running forward heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and he said, Do you really understand what you read? And he said [No]; for how can I unless some one teaches me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
And he said [No]; for how can I unless some one teaches me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. And the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to slaughter, and as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
And the passage of Scripture which he was reading, was this; As a sheep is led to slaughter, and as a lamb before one that shears him is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away; and who will tell of his generation? for his life was taken from the earth.
In his humiliation his judgment was taken away; and who will tell of his generation? for his life was taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other one?
And the eunuch answered and said to Philip, Of whom I pray you does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other one? And Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him the good news of Jesus.
And Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him the good news of Jesus. And as they went on the way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from being baptized?
And as they went on the way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from being baptized?
And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him;
Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him;
To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name.
To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name.
Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?
Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?
Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?
Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?
And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father,
And he went to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, there was a certain disciple there by the name of Timothy, a son of a Jewish woman, a believer, but of a Greek father,
And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us.
And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us.
And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us.
And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us.
And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately,
And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately,
And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately,
And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately,
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John;
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit spoke and taught correctly the doctrines concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John;
and he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard that there is a Holy Spirit.
and he said to them, Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? And they said to him, We have not heard that there is a Holy Spirit. And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism.
And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism. Paul said, John indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on Jesus.
Paul said, John indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on Jesus. And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus: and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
and Paul putting his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
And the father of Poplius lay sick with a fever and dysentery, and Paul came to him, and prayed, and put his hands on him, and cured him.
And the father of Poplius lay sick with a fever and dysentery, and Paul came to him, and prayed, and put his hands on him, and cured him.
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall much more be of his resurrection;
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall much more be of his resurrection; knowing this that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin;
knowing this that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin;
For sin shall not have a Lordship over you; for you are not under the law but under the grace.
For sin shall not have a Lordship over you; for you are not under the law but under the grace.
for I consent to the law of God as to my inward man, [my soul],
for I consent to the law of God as to my inward man, [my soul],
For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with your mind that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved;
For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with your mind that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to salvation.
for with the mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to salvation.
So then also at the present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace;
So then also at the present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace;
and so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, A deliverer shall come from Zion, he shall turn away impiety from Jacob.
and so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, A deliverer shall come from Zion, he shall turn away impiety from Jacob.
but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.
but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.
For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the good news, not with a wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ should be without effect.
For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the good news, not with a wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ should be without effect.
And such were some of you; but you are washed, you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
And such were some of you; but you are washed, you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea,
and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea,
and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea,
and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea,
for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.
for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.
Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
And he that establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God, who has also sealed us and given us the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
who has also sealed us and given us the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.
for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.
in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also you having believed were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power,
and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power,
and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power,
and what the exceeding greatness of his power towards us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty power, which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],
which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],
which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],
which he performed in Christ, when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly [worlds],
Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand,
Wherefore, remember that you were formerly gentiles by birth, called uncircumcision by that called circumcision made in the flesh by the hand,
There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call;
There is one body, and one spirit, as you also are called in one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by which you were sealed to the day of redemption.
that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,
that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,
that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,
that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,
in whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of Christ,
in whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were called and made the good profession before many witnesses.
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were called and made the good profession before many witnesses.
Retain the form of sound words which you heard from me in faith and the love in Christ Jesus.
Retain the form of sound words which you heard from me in faith and the love in Christ Jesus.
and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.
and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Wherefore leaving the account of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of a change of mind from dead works, and of faith in God,
Wherefore leaving the account of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of a change of mind from dead works, and of faith in God, of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.
of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.
of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.
of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.
For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
For the law constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever.
For the law constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever.
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
not with blood of goats and bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the sanctuary having found eternal redemption.
not with blood of goats and bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the sanctuary having found eternal redemption.
But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great conflict with sufferings,
But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great conflict with sufferings,
The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him.
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him.
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him.
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him.
for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith.
for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith.
for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith.
for every child that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcomes the world, our faith. Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not by water only, but by water and by blood; and the Spirit is that which testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not by water only, but by water and by blood; and the Spirit is that which testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not by water only, but by water and by blood; and the Spirit is that which testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus, the Christ; not by water only, but by water and by blood; and the Spirit is that which testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
(Added verse not retained in Sawyer)
(Added verse not retained in Sawyer)
He that believes on the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning his Son.
He that believes on the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he that believes not God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning his Son.
We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
Hastings
This term, which designates a NT rite, is confined to the vocabulary of the NT. It does not occur in the Septuagint, neither is the verb with which it is connected ever used of an initiatory ceremony. This verb is a derivative from one which means 'to dip' (Joh 13:26; Re 19:13), but itself has a wider meaning, = 'to wash' whether the whole or part of the body, whether by immersion or by the pouring of water (Mr 7:4; Lu 11:38). The substantive is used (a) of Jewish ceremonial washings (Mr 7:4; Heb 9:10); (b) in a metaphorical sense (Mr 10:38; Lu 12:50; cf. 'plunged in calamity'); and (c) most commonly in the technical sense of a religious ceremony of initiation.
1. The earliest use of the word 'baptism' to describe a religious and not merely ceremonial observance is in connexion with the preaching of John the Baptist, and the title which is given to him is probably an indication of the novelty of his procedure (Mt 3:1; Mr 8:28; Lu 7:20; cf. Mr 6:14,24). He 'preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins' (Mr 1:4), i.e. the result of his preaching was to induce men to seek baptism as an outward sign and pledge of inward repentance on their part, and of their forgiveness on the part of God. 'Baptism is related to repentance as the outward act in which the inward change finds expression. It has been disputed whether the practice of baptizing proselytes on their reception into the Jewish community was already established in the 1st cent.; probably it was. But in any case the significance of their baptism was that of ceremonial cleansing; John employed it as a symbol and a seal of moral purification. But, according to the Gospel record, John recognized the incomplete and provisional character of the baptism administered by him: 'I indeed have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost' (Mr 1:8).
2. Jesus Himself accepted baptism at the hands of John (Mr 1:9), overcoming the reluctance of the Baptist with a word of authority. That Jesus Himself baptized is nowhere suggested in the Synoptic Gospels, and is expressly denied in the Fourth Gospel (Joh 4:2); but His disciples baptized, and it must have been with His authority, equivalent to baptism by Himself, and involving admission to the society of His disciples. On the other hand, His Instructions to the Twelve and to the Seventy contain no command to baptize. Christian baptism was to be baptism 'with the Spirit,' and 'the Spirit was not yet given' (Joh 7:39). It is recorded in Acts (Ac 1:5) that the Risen Lord foretold that this promised baptism would be received after His departure, 'not many days hence.'
3. Christian baptism, although it finds a formal analogy in the baptism of John, which in its turn represents a spiritualizing of ancient Jewish ideas of lustration, appears as in its essential character a new thing after the descent of the Holy Spirit. It is a phenomenon 'entirely unique, and in its inmost nature without any analogy, because it rises as an original fact from the soil of the Christian religion of revelation' (von Dobsch
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AND in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins.
I have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit. In those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized in the Jordan by John;
And Herod the king, heard [of Jesus], for his name was widely known, and said, John the Baptist has risen from the dead; and on this account the mighty works are performed by him.
And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
And from a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [
And from a market, unless they baptize they eat not; and there are many other [customs] which they have received to hold; baptisms, of cups and sextuses [
And they spoke to him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others still, One of the prophets.
And Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
And coming to him the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to you to say, Are you he that was to come, or look we for another?
And the Pharisee seeing him, wondered that he was not first baptized before breakfast.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished!
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Then Jesus answered, It is he to whom I will dip and give the mouthful. Then dipping the mouthful, he took and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
You are now pure, by means of the word which I have spoken to you;
Sanctify them by thy truth; thy word is truth.
that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.
And hearing [this] they were distressed in mind, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do? And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
for it had not yet fallen on any of them, only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
And Ananias went and entered into the house, and laying hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way which you came, that you may receive sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.
And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.
And when I began to speak the Holy Spirit fell on them as also on us in the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. read more. If therefore God gave the gift equally to them and to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I should be able to forbid God? And hearing these things they were silent, and glorified God, saying, Then to the gentiles also has God indeed given the change of mind to life.
And when she was baptized, and her house, she requested saying, If you have judged me faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay; and she constrained us.
And taking them that hour of the night, he washed them from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his, immediately,
And hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus:
And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
How then was it accounted? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
By no means. How shall we who died to sin any longer live in it? Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? read more. We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall much more be of his resurrection; read more. knowing this that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin; for he that died was justified from sin.
For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with your mind that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to salvation.
Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius;
I thank God I baptized none of you, except Crispus and Gaius; that no one may say that I baptized in my name.
that no one may say that I baptized in my name. And I also baptized the family of Stephanus; besides I do not know that I baptized any other.
And I also baptized the family of Stephanus; besides I do not know that I baptized any other. For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the good news, not with a wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ should be without effect.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
I assure you, therefore, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus an accursed thing, and no one can call Jesus Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.
for we have all been baptized with one Spirit in one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and have all been made to drink one Spirit.
Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.
for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.
that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,
in whom you are also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, with the putting off of the body of the flesh, with the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
let us approach with a true heart in a full assurance of faith, sprinkled in heart from an evil conscience, and washed in body with pure water,
and he is clothed in a mantle dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God.
Morish
Baptism.
Used figuratively to express the overwhelming sufferings which the Lord Jesus endured in order to accomplish the purpose for which He came to the earth; He was 'straitened' until that work was accomplished. Lu 12:50; Joh 12:27. When the sons of Zebedee asked to sit on the right and on the left of the Lord in His glory, He at once referred to the cup He had to drink, and asked if they could drink of that cup, and be baptised with the baptism He was to be baptised with. They, ignorant of the depths of suffering involved in the question, said they could. In one sense they should share in His sufferings
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and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a change of mind;
But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him;
And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you unbind on the earth shall be unbound in heaven.
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins.
And Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized? And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall drink of the cup of which I drink, and be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized; read more. but to sit on my right hand, or left, is not mine to give but to those for whom it is prepared.
And he said to them, Go into all the world, preach the good news to all the creation; he that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins;
Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished!
and that a change of mind and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
When, therefore, the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I to this hour;
Then he said to them again, Peace be to you; as the Father has sent me, I also send you. And having said this he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. read more. Those whose sins you forgive, are forgiven; and whose you retain, are retained.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.
And he commanded that they should be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they desired him to remain some days.
John having preached before his coming the baptism of a change of mind to all the people of Israel.
And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism.
And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism. Paul said, John indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on Jesus.
Paul said, John indeed baptized [administered] the baptism of a change of mind, telling the people to believe on him that was to come after him, that is, on Jesus.
And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the brother; else were your children impure, but now are they holy.
For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea,
and all were baptized to Moses by the cloud and by the sea, and all eat the same spiritual food, read more. and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual rock which followed them, and that rock was Christ; but with many of them God was not pleased; for they were destroyed in the wilderness. But these things are examples for us, that we should not desire evil things, as they did.
and those then who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. read more. But now Christ has been raised from the dead, a first fruit of those that have slept. For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ also shall all be made alive. But each one in his own order; Christ a first fruit, then those who are Christ's at his coming; then is the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will destroy every principality and every authority and power. For he must reign till he has put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy, death, shall be destroyed, for he put all things under his feet. But when he says that all things are put under him, it is clear that he is excepted who puts all things under him; and when all things have been put under him, then will the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
and he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things,
if indeed you continue founded and established in the faith, and not moved from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached in all the creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The archetype of which, baptism, also now saves us, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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Baptism.
It is well known that ablution or bathing was common in most ancient nations as a preparation for prayers and sacrifice or as expiatory of sin. In warm countries this connection is probably even closer than in colder climates; and hence the frequency of ablution in the religious rites throughout the East. Baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost is the rite or ordinance by which persons are admitted into the Church of Christ. It is the public profession of faith and discipleship. Baptism signifies--
1. A confession of faith in Christ;
2. A cleansing or washing of the soul from sin;
3. A death to sin and a new life in righteousness. The mode and subjects of baptism being much-controverted subjects, each one can best study them in the works devoted to those questions. The command to baptize was co-extensive with the command to preach the gospel. All nations were to be evangelized; and they were to be made disciples, admitted into the fellowship of Christ's religion, by baptism.
It appears to have been a kind of transition from the Jewish baptism to the Christian. The distinction between John's baptism and Christian baptism appears in the case of Apollos,
and of the disciples at Ephesus mentioned
We cannot but draw from this history the inference that in Christian baptism there was a deeper spiritual significance.
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go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
and this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Priscilla and Aquila hearing him took him and taught him more accurately the way. And he wishing to go into Achaia, the brothers sent him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. And when he came he helped those much who had believed through the grace;
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BAPTISM, from the Greek word ???????, is a rite or ceremony by which persons are initiated into the profession of the Christian religion; or, it is the appointed mode by which a person assumes the profession of Christianity, or is admitted to a participation of the privileges belonging to the disciples of Christ. It was by this mode that those who believed the Gospel were to be separated from unbelievers, and joined to the visible Christian church; and the rite accompanying it, or washing with water, was probably intended to represent the washing away, or renouncing, the impurities of some former state, viz. the sins that had been committed, and the vicious habits that had been contracted; and to this purpose it may be observed, that the profession of repentance always accompanied, or was understood to accompany, the profession of faith in Christ. That our Lord instituted such an ordinance as baptism, is plain from the commission given to the Apostles after his resurrection, and recorded in Mt 28:19-20. To this rite there is also an allusion in Mr 16:16; Joh 3:5; Ac 2:41; 8:12,36-38; 22:16. The design of this institution, which was to express faith in Christ on the part of those who were baptized, and to declare their resolution of openly professing his religion, and cultivating real and universal holiness, appears from Ro 6:3-4; 1Pe 3:21; Eph 5:26; and Tit 3:5. We find no account of baptism as a distinct religious rite, before the mission of John, the forerunner of Christ, who was called the "Baptist," on account of his being commanded by God to baptize with water all who should hearken to his invitation to repent. Washing, however, accompanied many of the Jewish rites, and, indeed, was required after contracting any kind of uncleanness. Also, soon after the time of our Saviour, we find it to have been the custom of the Jews solemnly to baptize, as well as to circumcise, all their proselytes. As their writers treat largely of the reasons for this rite, and give no hint of its being a novel institution, it is probable that this had always been the custom antecedent to the time of Moses, whose account of the rite of circumcision, and of the manner of performing it, is by no means circumstantial. Or, baptism, after circumcision, might have come into use gradually from the natural propriety of the thing, and its easy conformity to other Jewish customs. For if no Jew could approach the tabernacle, or temple, after the most trifling uncleanness, without washing, much less would it be thought proper to admit a proselyte from a state so impure and unclean as Heathenism was conceived to be, without the same mode of purification. The antiquity of this practice of proselyte baptism among the Jews, has been a subject of considerable debate among divines. It is strenuously maintained by Lightfoot. Dr. John Owen considers the opinion, that Christian baptism came from the Jews, as destitute of all probability. On the other hand, Mr. Wall has made it highly probable, to say the least, from many testimonies of the Jewish writers, who without one dissenting voice allow the fact, that the practice of Jewish baptism obtained before and, at, as well as after, our Saviour's time. There is also a strong intimation, even in the Gospel itself, of such a known practice among the Jews in the time of John the Baptist, Joh 1:25. The testimonies of the Jewish writers are of the greater weight, because the practice, reported by them to have been of so ancient a date, did still remain among them; for if it had not been of that antiquity to which it pretends, viz. before the time of Christ, it is not likely that it would ever have become a custom among the Jews afterward. Would they begin to proselyte persons to their religion by baptism in imitation of the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, whom they held accursed? And yet if this proselyte baptism were adopted by the Jews since the time of Christ, it must have been a mere innovation in imitation of Christians, which is not very likely. This ceremony is performed by immersion in the oriental churches. The practice of the western churches is, to sprinkle the water on the head or face of the person to be baptized, except in the church of Milan, in whose ritual it is ordered, that the head of the infant be plunged three times into the water; the minister at the same time pronouncing the words, "I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;" importing that by this ceremony the person baptized is received among the professors of that religion which God, the Father of all, revealed to mankind by the ministry of his Son, and confirmed by the miracles of his Spirit.
2. It is observable that the baptismal form, above cited from St. Matthew, never occurs in the same words, either in the book of the Acts, or in any of the Epistles. But though the form in St. Matthew never appears elsewhere, the thing intended thereby is always implied. There are many ceremonies delivered by ecclesiastical writers, as used in baptism, which were introduced after the age of Justin Martyr, but which are now disused; as the giving milk and honey to the baptized, in the east; wine and milk, in the west, &c. They also added unction and the imposition of hands. Tertullian is the first who mentions the signing with the sign of the cross, but only as used in private, and not in public worship; and he particularly describes the custom of baptizing without it. Indeed, it does not appear to have been used in baptism till the latter end of the fourth or fifth century; at which time great virtue was ascribed to it. Lactantius, who lived in the beginning of the fourth century, says the devil cannot approach those who have the heavenly mark of the cross upon them as an impregnable fortress to defend them; but he does not say it was used in baptism. After the council of Nice, Christians added to baptism the ceremonies of exorcism and adjuration, to make evil spirits depart from the persons to be baptized. They made several signings with the cross, they used lighted candles, they gave salt to the baptized person to taste, and the priest touched his mouth and ears with spittle, and also blew and spat upon his face. At that time also baptized persons wore white garments till the Sunday following. They had also various other ceremonies; some of which are now abolished, though others of them remain in the church of Rome to this day.
3. The Quakers assert, that water baptism was never intended to continue in the church of Christ any longer than while Jewish prejudices made such an external ceremony necessary. They argue from Eph 4:5, in which one baptism is spoken of as necessary to Christians, that this must be a baptism of the Spirit. But from comparing the texts that relate to this institution, it will plainly appear that water baptism was instituted by Christ in more general terms than will agree with this explication. That it was administered to all the Gentile converts, and not confined to the Jews appears from Mt 28:19-20, compared with Ac 10:47; and that the baptism of the Spirit did not supersede water baptism appears to have been the judgment of Peter and of those that were with him; so that the one baptism spoken of seems to have been that of water; the communication of the Holy Spirit being only called baptism in a figurative sense. As for any objection which, may be drawn from 1Co 1:17, it is sufficiently answered by the preceding verses, and all the numerous texts, in which, in epistles written long after this, the Apostle speaks of all Christians as baptized and argues from the obligation of baptism, in such a manner as we can never imagine he would have done, if he had apprehended it to have been the will of God that it should be discontinued in the church. Compare Ro 6:3, &c; Col 2:12; Ga 3:27.
4. Baptism, in early times, was only administered at Easter and Whitsuntide, except in cases of necessity. Adult persons were prepared for baptism by abstinence, prayer, and other pious exercises. It was to answer for them, says Mosheim, that sponsors, or godfathers, were first instituted in the second century, though they were afterward admitted also in the ba
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I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire;
I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire;
But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Then little children were brought to him that he should put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I am about to drink? They said to him, We can. He said to them; you shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;
go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
teaching them to keep all things which I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always till the consummation of the world.
I have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
and going up immediately out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a dove upon him;
And Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask. Can you drink of the cup of which I drink? or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
he that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to untie; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather the wheat into his storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire. read more. With many other exhortations, also, he preached the good news to the people. But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias his brother's wife and for all the evil deeds which Herod had done, added also this to all, and shut up John in prison. And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also being baptized, and praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.
And Jesus perceiving the debate in their minds, took a little child and set it by him, and said to them, Whoever receives this little child in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, he shall be the greatest.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it is fully accomplished!
And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, he said to me, On whom you see the Spirit descend and remain on him, this is he that baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
that John baptized indeed with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit after a few days.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And Peter said to them, Change your minds, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.
For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.
For the promise is to you and your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Then those that received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls;
But because they believed Philip preaching the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women.
saying, Give me this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hand he may receive the Holy Spirit.
And as they went on the way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said, Behold water; what hinders me from being baptized? (Added verse not retained in Sawyer) read more. And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down to the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
Can any forbid water that these should be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also have?
And when I began to speak the Holy Spirit fell on them as also on us in the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord how he said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
And now, why do you delay? Arising, baptize and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
where finding brothers we were invited to remain with them seven days; and thus we came to Rome.
And he received the symbol of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which was in uncircumcision, so that he became the father of all that believe in uncircumcision, that righteousness may also be accounted to them,
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?
Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death? We have been buried therefore with him through baptism in death, that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
for with the mind we believe to righteousness, and with the mouth we confess to salvation.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became a partaker of the root and excellence of the olive,
For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the good news, not with a wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ should be without effect.
Else what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? and why are they baptized for them?
that the blessing of Abraham may come on the nations, in Christ Jesus, that we may receive the promise of the Spirit through the faith.
And this I say; that the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot abrogate the covenant previously established by God, to make the promise of no effect.
for as many of you as are baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.
that he might sanctify it, purifying it with the washing of water with the word,
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you have also been raised together through the effectual faith of God who raised him from the dead;
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.
only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation.
For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies to the purification of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who with an eternal spirit offered himself without fault to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.