Luke 3:3). This symbolism was not lost in emerging Christian understandings of baptism but deepened that understanding by tying baptism to faith in Jesus and the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 19:1–5; 22:16; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 3:21). Paulconnected baptism to a personal identification of the believer with Christ (see Galatians 3:27). Notice too that Paul appealed to baptism as a shared experience. The believer has not made a commitment to be carried out in a solitary way but, instead, in solidarity