5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
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.
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? …
And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Ephesus was a city of great note in Asia, famous for a temple built there to Diana, which was one of the wonders of the world: thither Paul came to preach the gospel while Apollos was at Corinth (Acts 19:1); while he was watering there, Paul was planting here, and grudged not that Apollos entered into his labours and was building upon his foundation, but rejoiced in it, and went on in the new work…
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