'Baptizing' in the Bible
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
They asked him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
These things occurred in Bethany across the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing], where John was baptizing.
I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah]; but I came baptizing in water so that He would be [publicly] revealed to Israel.”
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—
So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi (Teacher), the Man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing]—and to whom you have testified—look, He is baptizing too, and everyone is going to Him!”
So when the Lord learned that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
“Can anyone refuse water for these people to be baptized, since they have received the Holy Spirit just as we did?”