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In the New Testament, it's found in Matthew 28:18-20: "Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I ...

The Baptism of John was clearly a baptism of repentance as indicated in Mark 1:4, Luke 3:3, Acts 13:24, and Acts 19:4. I believe the question is getting at the reference in Acts 19:4 when Paul came to Ephesus and baptized a bunch of people in the name of Jesus Christ, even though they had already been baptized into John's baptism of repentance. What Luke ...

To understand these passages, it is necessary to understand the way covenant functions in relation to individuals and groups in the Scripture. The Biblical mindset does not seem to be troubled by the same stark one/many dichotomy that plagues Western philosophy. Read through the Scriptures and you will find many instances that are unsettling to our Western ...

Notice the context of this phrase in Matthew 3: But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto ...

This may be what you were thinking of. Although Jesus told his disciples to baptize, the New Testament doesn't spell out exactly how baptism should be done. Detailed instructions can be found in chapter 7 of the Didache: And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and ...

There have been various theories throughout the years as to what this refers. Martin Luther believed it was an ordinary baptism of a living person, but that it occurred over the tomb of the dead. John Calvin saw this as a normal baptsim of someone when they were close to death. Another interpretation is that this is a metaphor and someone being baptized ...