Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? &c.] Though it might not be the apostle's case, yet it is often the case of many, to procrastinate and delay obe...
John 3:25 Then there arose a question A dispute, or controversy, occasioned by the baptism, of John and Christ: between [some] of John's disciples, an...
And such were some of you (kai tauta tine hte). A sharp homethrust. Literally, And these things (tauta, neuter plural) were ye (some of you). The hor...
CHAPTER II. THE ORDINANCES OF THE CHURCH. By the ordinances, we mean those outward rites which Christ has appointed to be administered in his church...
The Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian. The Seventh Council of Carthage Under Cyprian.(1) Concerning the Baptism of Heretics. The Judgment of E...
Acts 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night After they had done preaching to him, and to his family: and washed their stripes; which were ...
Matthew 3:15 And Jesus answering, said unto him This is an Hebrew way of speaking, often used in the Old Testament, and answers to (rmayw) (Ney) ; se...
Baptism [N] [S] As administered by John Matthew 3:5-12 ; John 3:23 ; Acts 13:24 ; 19:4 Sanctioned by Christs submission to it Matthew 3:13-1...
For if we have become united with him by the likeness of his death (ei gar sumputoi gegonamen twi omoiwmati tou qanatou autou). Condition of the firs...
What doth hinder me to be baptized? (Ti kwluei me baptisqhnai?). Evidently Philip had said something about baptism following faith and conversion. Ve...
They were baptized (ebaptizonto). Imperfect passive (repetition, from time to time), while believed (episteusan) is constative aorist antecedent to t...
Then went out unto him (exeporeueto pro auton). Imperfect indicative describing the steady stream of people who kept coming to the baptism (ebaptizon...
JOHN THE BAPTIST (Ioanes): I. SOURCES II. PARENTAGE III. EARLY LIFE IV. MINISTRY 1. The Scene 2. His First Appearance 3. His Dress and Manner ...
Hebrews 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms Some read this divisively, baptism and doctrine, as the Ethiopic version; as if the one respected the ordinanc...
Colossians 2:12 Buried with him in baptism The apostle goes on to observe how complete and perfect the saints are in Christ; that they are not only ci...
Matthew 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? &c.] By the baptism of John, is meant the ordinance of water baptism, which was first administered b...
Luke 3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized Being convinced under John's ministry of the evils of their past life, and desirous of being admitte...
A questioning (zhthsi). Old word from zhtew. See Acts 15:2 for the word where also zhthma (question) occurs. Zhthsi (process of inquiry) means a me...
Bare witness (emarturhsen). First aorist active indicative of marturew. Another specimen of John's witness to the Messiah ( Mark 1:7 Mark 1:15 Mark...
The name of the Lord Jesus (to onoma ton kuriou Ihsou). Apollos was not rebaptized. The twelve apostles were not rebaptized. Jesus received no other ...