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NASB | Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 28:19 "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, |
Bible Question:
I have heard that water baptism shows one is a follower of Him ... or it is a outward sign of an inward change ... ot something similar. While the 11 were commanded to baptize (as well as make disciples and teach (vv 19-20)) ... does this verse say this? I need a better understanding. Other there other verses that say it? Or is it a tradition? Searcher |
Bible Answer: After John the Baptist went to prison, Jesus Christ began His earthly Ministry, Mk 1:14-15. During His earthly Ministry, there were no physical water baptisms by His disciples. What was written in Jn 3:22-4:3 took place before John the Baptist went to prison and, therefore, before Jesus Christ's earthly Ministry began. Then, in Ac 8 and Ac 10, we read how the believing Jews had a temporary problem with non-Jews. What did Peter learn in Ac 11? Not to call unclean or common what God has made clean. How does God make us clean? Read Jn 15:1-17; 1Pe 1 for a couple of excellent examples. And, in Ac 11, instead of repeating his command to baptize Cornelius and household with physical water, what did Peter say instead? The following statement that Peter quoted is in the NT six times, 6 times: John the Baptist baptized with water but Jesus Christ will baptize with God's Holy Spirit, Mt 3; Mk 1; Lk 3; Jn 1; Ac 1; Ac 11. That is the baptism Paul always described, the spiritual one baptism we must spiritually drink according to 1Co 12:12-13 and Eph 4:4-7 also described in Mt 20; Mt 28:18-20; Mk 10; Mk 16; Lk 11-13; Lk 24; Jn 1-17; etc. In Ac 11, what did the believing Jews learn about salvation for non-Jews? Did they remember Mk 1:14-15? Also, read Ac 15 and Ac 18:24-19:10, very carefully. In Mt 28:19 we read about the Name. Read Rev 19. His Name is The Word of God. Jesus Christ said we must seek first God's Kingdom and God's Righteousness and this is what Paul and all of the other NT writers taught, Mt 6:33; Lk 11-12; Ro 1:16-21; etc. What we find can rescue us from the Law of Sin and Death, Ro 1-8. |