—v. 37).90 Yet Peter’s further words to the crowd differ considerably from those of John, and here we begin to see what would be distinctive about Christian baptism. Not the connection between repentance and baptism but the additional connection of baptism with the name of Jesus and the reception of the Holy Spirit sets Christian baptism apart. Baptism is to be done “in the name of Jesus,” which probably means that Jesus was named as the baptizing was being done, though it could mean with the authority
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