The practice of water-baptism continued among Christians even after the onset of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus himself commanded the disciples to baptize all nations (Matt 28:19) and they apparently did so in similar ways to John (as is the case with Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch; see Acts 8:36), but obviously their situation was also different from John’s, particularly as they baptized after Jesus’ resurrection and Pentecost. People who read these accounts may be inclined to conflate water and Spirit-baptism,