How the Apostles Executed This Command of Christ to Teach and Baptize

Acts 2, verses 37 and 38: "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do? Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins."

Verses 41 and 42: "Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

Acts 8, verses 12 and 13: "But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip."

Verses 36 to 39: "And as they [namely, Philip and the Ethiopian] went on their way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what hinders me from being baptized? And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing."

Acts 9, verses 17 and 18: "And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you in the way as you came, has sent me, so that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once, and arose, and was baptized."

Acts 10, verses 46 to 48: "For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then Peter answered, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord."

Acts 16, verses 13 to 15: "And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had gathered there. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she begged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay there. And she prevailed on us."

Verse 40: "And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers, they comforted them, and departed."

Acts 16, verses 29 to 34: "Then he [namely the keeper of the prison] called for a light, and sprang in [the prison], and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house. And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, and to all who were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, immediately. And he led them into his house, and seated them at the table, and rejoiced with all his house, that he believed in God," or [as the latest translators say], "he rejoiced, that he and all his house believed in God."

Acts 18, verse 8: "Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."

First Corinthians 1, verses 14 to 16: "I thank God [says Paul] that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius; lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. And I baptized also the household of Stephanas; besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other."

Compare this with First Corinthians 16, verses 15 and 16: "I beg you, brothers (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints), that you submit yourselves to such, and to every one who helps with us, and labors."