My wife was discussing baptism in Jesus' name with one of her Christian friends. She received this e-mail about the subject afterwards. I have my thoughts on how to reply but I thought that I'd see some other responses first. Here is the e-mail below:
'Was having a think and read about our conversation this morning about baptism in the name of Jesus....looked up the verse you were talking about in
Acts 2:38 and yes it does say in Jesus Name but when you read the notes about it at the bottom of the page it talks about why it says this and that it is not trying to contradict they Great Commission of Matt 28:19 where it does say in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit. In Matt Jesus was expanding on John's baptism and in Acts Peter seems to be emphasising the Jesus part because of who he was talking to and trying to persuade them that Jesus was the messiah and whom they need to believe in and put their trust in. Both seem to be interchangeable according to scriptures from what I can find out. Hope this is helpful'
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