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Acts 19:1-7
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| Historical
Commentary, References, and Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative texts about Baptism:
Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian
texts. |
| Chapter
X, On Baptism, Tertullian
(c. 198) |
| VI.17, Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by
St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen.
(c.230) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "To be baptized into
John's baptism is to profess the doctrine which John preached and to be
identified with his baptism." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "Though we do not now
expect miraculous powers, yet all who profess to be disciples of Christ,
should be called on to examine whether they have received the seal of
the Holy Ghost, in his sanctifying influences, to the sincerity of their
faith." |
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| Marks of Having
Received the Holy Ghost (Acts 19:2): sermon by George
Whitefield.
| "The blessed Jesus, as
he received the Holy Ghost without measure, so he evidenced it by
nothing more, than his frequent addresses at the throne of grace." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "They were baptized
twice; but not with the same baptism. John did not administer that
baptism which Christ afterward commanded, that is, in the name of the
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The point of contrast
is not between John and Christ personally, but between the water
baptism of John unto repentance, and the promised baptism of the
Spirit from the hands of his coming Master unto new life." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The example of these
men shows that if a baptism is imperfect, from an ignorance of Christ's
will, it is not wrong to correct the defect by a more perfect obedience." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Baptism of Jesus," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2003.
| "Clearly for Luke baptism is also about
much more than individual experiences. It is about to a radical extension
of doing and being good, or better, embodying God's goodness and justice
in the world." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Followers of the Baptist," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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"Baptism in Jesus'
Name," analysis and reflections by Carolyn Schneider in Sabbatheology by
the Crossings Community of St. Louis.
| "The new lives of the disciples were
evident externally. Not only did they see themselves differently, they saw
everything differently and they spoke of it differently." |
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| "Filling
in the Blank (Acts 18:18 - 19:7)" by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "I believe that
Paul’s question about their reception of the Holy Spirit at the time
they believed was intended to determine whether or not they had come to
faith in Jesus as their Messiah." |
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| A discussion of Acts 19:2
at the B-Greek Archive. |
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| Articles & Background:
| "The
Holy Spirit: A Folk Perspective," Henry H. Mitchell at The
Living Pulpit.
| "Despite all the spontaneity
connected with my African American heritage, a great majority of us
have never been guilty of what has been called over-subjectivity. We
have traditional safeguards, spoken and unspoken, against this kind
of excess. I invite you to consider these safeguards now as basic
ingredients of a folk doctrine of the Holy Spirit." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Culpepper, R. Alan,
"Paul's Mission to the Gentile World: Acts 13-19," Review & Expositor,
1974. |
| Ker, Donald P.,
"Paul and Apollos--Colleagues or Rivals," Journal for the Study of
the New Testament, 2000. |
| Lee, Mark,
"An Evangelical Dialogue on Luke, Salvation, and Spirit Baptism,"
Pneuma, 2004. |
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