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NASB | Acts 2:41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:41 So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about 3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers]. |
Bible Question: Baptism was used in OT times, I assume for new converts for becoming a beliver as a Jew. If a non Jew became a beliver as a Jew but was bot Baptized were they considerd as saved back then? All these fime lines in the last week has stirred some gray matter seeking answers. |
Bible Answer: You wrote: "Baptism was used in OT times, I assume for new converts for becoming a beliver as a Jew." Not exactly. To become a full participant in the covenant, males had to be circumcised. Baptism arose in the inter-Testamental period as a means of a secondary type of membership, but I am not nearly knowledgeable enough of that to go into any detail at all. Jews and non-Jews alike were baptized upon professing faith in Christ. It wasn't a question of "when should I be baptized?" All converts to Christianity were baptized, so there would be no notion of a "non Jew [who] became a beliver as a Jew but was bot Baptized." --Joe! |