much that Jesus had said’.25 On the other hand, Robert Mounce suggests that it would have been ‘quite natural’ for Jesus to have gathered together into summary form his own references to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.26 In that event, the language in Acts may be an abbreviation pointing to the theological significance of baptism as ‘a transference of the rights of possession’ to Jesus.27 Many examples could be listed under this heading. Chapter 2 already noted
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