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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Bible Question: Apparently the apostles baptized in the name of Jesus. Was this a revelation from the Holy Spirit after Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 to baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? |
Bible Answer: What is the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? His name is Jesus. In Acts, Peter tells a crowd of people they must be baptised in Jesus' name. The crowd consists of the 11 remaining apostles, who like wise were all present in Matt 28 when Jesus said to Baptise in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If the apostles didn't think Peter was correct in telling the crowd to be Baptised in Jesus' name they would have objected to this. They didn't. They understood that Jesus is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are titles given for God. Just as you may be a Father, Husband and Son, or likewise a Mother, Wife or Daughter! Do you believe that God was manifest in the flesh as Jesus Christ? |