Matthew 28:19

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Dave, I dun told ya and told ya, Acts says they baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, and the Name of Jesus Christ is a revelation of the unity of The Son Jesus "The Anointed One" with His Father The Anointer and The Holy Spirit, with Whom Jesus was anointed (The Anointing).

Here are the verses in Acts about baptism in the name:
(Murdock) Ac 8:16 For he was not yet on any one of them; and they had only been baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus.
ewsy Nrmd hmsb wwh Nydme Nyd dwxlb lykde Nwhnm dx le ryg awh tyl (Peshitta) Ac 8:16
Ac 8:16 (KJV) (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Ac 10:48 Then he commanded them to be baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah. And they requested him to remain with them some days.
atmwy Nwhtwl awqnd Kya hnm webw axysm ewsy Nrmd hmsb Nwdmend Nwhl dqp Nydyh Ac 10:48
Ac 10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

Ac 19:5 And when they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
axysm ewsy Nrmd hmsb wdme wems Nylh dkw Ac 19:5
Ac 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

1Co 1:13 Now was Messiah divided? Or was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Nwtdme owlwpd hmsb wa Nwkypa le Pqdza owlwp aml wa axysm hl glpta amld 1Co 1:13
1Co 1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?

The Peshitta has some interesting differences from the Greek texts of these verses. But first, let's notice Acts 8:16.

The Samaritan church had not yet received the Holy Spirit, "but they had only been baptized in the Name of our Lord Jesus."
When Paul went to Ephesus, he found a group of disciples there who also had not received The Holy Spirit. He asked them (Acts 19:5) "To what were you baptized ? " They said, "Into the baptism of John".
Paul then said they should be baptized "in The Name of our Lord Jesus The Messiah." Then they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus The Messiah. He then laid his hand on them and they received The Holy Spirit and spoke in various tongues and prophesied.

The Greek texts do not contain the full name "Our Lord Jesus The Messiah" here, as does The Peshitta. The same applies to Acts 10:48. The Name of "The Messiah" is a very important one. Those who hadn't received The Holy Spirit had not heard the doctrine of "The Messiah Yeshua".

Remember, baptism, according to the command of our Lord, was to follow teaching: "Go teach all nations, baptizing them...". Defective teaching meant defective results. The most important teaching is the teaching of the Person of The Christ. He is the Son of God, The Messiah ([b]The Anointed, called Jehovah in The Peshitta 32 times !) One with His Father and The Holy Spirit, Three coequal Divine Beings united as One Godhead. [/b]

Our salvation depends on the Person of Christ. The Christ is The Christ because of His Father and The Holy Spirit (remember, conceived of The Holy Spirit in the virgin's womb).
Have you ever considered that the Bible teaches Jesus is The Son of The Holy Spirit, physically ? (See Luke 1:35) He is Son of God The Father in the eternal and Spiritual sense, but Son of The Holy Spirit in the physical sense. The Holy Spirit is His "biological Father".Lu 1:35
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.


You see, no matter how you cut it, The Trinity is inextricably involved in The Name of The LORD Jesus Christ The Son of God.Whoever confesses Him, confesses The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit, or He has not known Who He is.

Teaching is of the utmost importance, when discussing baptism. People are not to be baptized in the Name of Christ Who do not know what The Name signifies. The apostles would not allow it.

The disciples in Ephesus said "We have not even heard of The Holy Spirit." They needed to hear about Him in order to receive Him, is the implied meaning. The apostles would teach the people these things before baptizing them.

As the Name of Jesus The Christ contains the Trinity doctrine in it- You cannot know Who Jehovah Jesus is without knowing The Trinity, because He is The Christ because of The Father and The Spirit.

In Acts 8:16, they did not know of "Jesus The Christ", only " our Lord Jesus". That is, they had not learned that He was Deity and The Anointed One.

In all these texts, The Peshitta consistently uses the full name of our Lord Yeshua The Messiah. Once in Acts 2:38, it calls Him "Jehovah Yeshua":


Ac 2:38 (Dave Bauscher's revision) Simon said to them: Repent, and be baptized every one of you, in the name of Jehovah Jesus, for the remission of sins; so that ye may receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Paul Younan has "THE LORD Yeshua"

asdwqd axwrd atbhwm Nwlbqtd ahjx Nqbwsl ewsy ayrmd hmsb Nwknm sna sna wdmew wbwt Nwems Nwhl rma 38
(Peshitta)

So,in summary, let's see:
Every Greek or Aramaic manuscript in the world that contains Matthew 28:19 has "baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost." Eusebius has it that way five times and "in My Name" 17 times, in AD 325. Five church fathers going back to Ignatius (AD 110) and up to AD 265 , have "baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost."

The Bible teaches, (Acts 10:38, Isaiah 61) that Jesus Christ is "The Anointed One" of God The Father (The Anointer) with The Holy Spirit (The Anointing) See 1 John 2:27 where The Holy Spirit is specifically referred to as "The Anointing".
The name of "Our Lord Jesus The Messiah" is the name referred to in Acts with reference to baptism (consistently in The Peshitta, along with "Jehovah Jesus") , whereas the Greek is inconsistent with regard to the name used: sometimes "Jesus", sometimes "The Lord", sometimes "Jesus Christ or "Christ Jesus".

The name of "Our Lord Jesus The Messiah" is a revelation of The Triunity (Three as One) of God.One cannot believe in The Christ without faith in His Father God and faith in The Holy Spirit.
Trinity doctrine is fundamental to Christianity.

Christ is not divided; He is UNITED with HIS FATHER and with THE HOLY SPIRIT.

He who does not receive this cannot be called a Christian in any true sense of the word. It is basic and elemental to Who Christ is and what it means to know Him and God.

1Co 16:22 (KJV) If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
1Co 16:22 (Murdock's translation of Peshitta) Whoever loveth not our Lord Jesus the Messiah, let him be accursed: our Lord cometh.
1Co 16:22 Diaglot) If any one not has affection for the Lord Jesus Anointed, let him be accursed; the Lord comes.

BTW - Maranatha is an Aramaic word found in all the Greek mss. of 1 Corinthians. It is not even translated into Greek. Strange, to say the least, is it not, for a supposed Greek audience who did not speak Aramaic ? But that's a topic for another time.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all.

Rev. Dave