KJ Bible
Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
(NOTE: John is sent to preach the baptism of repentance. To PREPARE the people to believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Through whom the remission/pardon of sin would be realized)
5 On hearing this they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(NOTE: Baptized 1st by John pre-sin payment in preparation to meet Jesus & Baptized again post-sin payment in Jesus name for the remission/pardon of sin)
Amplified Bible
Acts 19:
4 Paul said, “John performed a baptism of repentance, continually telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, [to confidently accept and joyfully believe] in Jesus [the Messiah and Savior].
(NOTE: The parenthetical emphasis in vrs 4 & 5 are placed by the Amplified Bible & not my own)
5 After hearing this, they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(NOTE: Baptized 1st by John pre-sin payment in preparation to meet Jesus & Baptized again post-sin payment in Jesus name for the remission/pardon of sin)
KJV Dictionary Definition REMISSION: Forgiveness; pardon; that is, the giving up of the punishment due to a crime; as the remission of sins. Matt. 26. Heb. 9.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
(NOTE: Without Christ's sinless shed blood there is NO Remission/purification on/Pardon for sins.)
Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
(NOTE: It's Belief/faith in Christ's sinless shed blood that provides the Remission/Pardon for sins. NOT the act of works/repentance/water baptism etc)
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: & I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
(NOTE: It's BLOOD not water that makes atonement/reparation or expiation for sin.
John the Baptist repeated stated purpose: PREPARE the way of the Lord (Isa 40:1-11, Ps 85:9-14, Mal 3:1, Matt 11:10, Mk 1:2)
John's BAPTISM of REPENTANCE:
Repentance: Strong's Hebrew (H7725:שׁוּב ) turn back, return, a wholehearted turning to God. Note the different way repent translates in Hebrew vs Greek, John wasn't speaking Greek. When John was preaching, turn back/return to God. Is a message only applicable to Jews at that time. Gentiles didn't have any relationship with God, see Eph 2:12)
Return/turn back to God, purify/wash/clean yourself-up, outside & inside (Jews of Jesus day understood this practice) in PREPARATION of meeting your long time promised Messiah. Through whom will remiss/forgive/pardon your sins will be realized (Acts 19:4).
OT Jewish repentance rituals: rending of garments, wearing sackcloth, sitting in ashes, putting ashes on top of his head, fasting, weeping, wailing. Every Jew at John's baptism was familiar with repentance/turning back to God rituals. (See Joel 2:12-13)
Levitical law required PREPATATION/purifying/washing/instructions on many occasions: Ex 39:4, 30:19-21, 40:12; Lev 6:27, Lev 13:54, 13:58, 14:8-9, 15:16, 16:4, 16:24, 22:6.
Jacob receives PREPATATION instructions before meeting the Lord at the alter
Gen 35:1-2
(NOTE: Jacob was to PREPARE/wash-up & change his cloths before meeting the Lord at the alter)
Moses receives PREPATATION instructions before meeting the Lord on the morrow.
Ex 19:10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
(NOTE: In preparation of meeting me tomorrow, have the people clean-up)
Scripture proclaims, salvation is 1st to the Jew then to the gentile (Rom 1:16, 2:9 & 10)
Acts 13:24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
(NOTE: John the Baptist is sent to preach, the baptism of repentance to All the People of ISRAEL. To Prepare the way (PEOPLE) for the coming LORD. Through whom remission/pardon of sin would be realized)
Acts 2:38 is 100% Jewish doctrine ((Acts 2:14, 22, 33, 36, 37 & Acts 13:24 above) preached to ALL the people of ISRAEL.
Peter is on the Temple Mt during the 1st post resurrection Pentecost, a mandatory pilgrimage festival. Every male Jew of age was required to travel to the Temple Mt every Passover, Pentecost & Tabernacles
Peter's is speaking to Temple Mt full (millions?) of JEWS:
Acts 2:
5 and there were DWELLING at Jerusalem JEWS,
14 Peter said, YE MEN OF JUDAEA
22 YE MEN OF ISRAEL, hear these words;
36 let ALL the HOUSE OF ISRAEL know, that God made that same Jesus, WHOM YE CRUCIFIED, both Lord and Christ.
Context: REPENT from UNBELIEF/REJECTING (not everyday personal sins) & killing their long promised Messiah/Christ.
John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw """all""" men unto me.
(NOTE: Jesus was in fact lifted up on a cross & will draw "ALL" to Himself)
John 16:
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
(NOTE: The Holy Spirit will reprove/expose/convict everyone of, sins? NO of "SIN" singular.)
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
(NOTE: The only SIN that condemns one to eternal separtation/damnation UNBELIEF, rejecting Christ's sin atoning sacrifice until lifes end.)
John 8:24 Jesus said; ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
The only unpardonable sin is to remain in "UNBELIEF/Rejecting Christ's sin atoning sacrifice until you die. There is no pardon/remission for a person who dies in "UNBELIEF".
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(NOTE: Anyone that places their BELIEF on/in Christ WILL NOT be CONDEMNED. Anyone that REJECTS & remains in UNBELIEF WILL is already & will be CONDEMNED)
"UNBELIEF" at life's end is the only UNFORGIVEABLE sin.
There were NO gentiles baptized via the indwelling Holy Spirit on the Temple Mt on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. Or or John the Baptist in the wilderness.
Salvation is 1st to the Jew then to the gentile (Rom 1:16, 2:9 & 10)
Acts 2:4 (A) they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
(NOTE: Jews only received God's promise (Lk 24:49, Jn 7:38-39, Acts 2:33). The baptism with God's eternal salvation sealing/saving, indwelling Holy Spirit)
Acts 10:44 (B) Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
(NOTE: 7 years later Gentiles received God's promise (Lk 24:49, Jn 7:38-39, Acts 2:33). The baptism with God's eternal salvation sealing/saving, indwelling Holy Spirit)
The door to salvation isn't opened to Gentiles until 7 yrs after Pentecost. When the Lord sends Peter to Cornelius house (Acts 10). Where gentiles received the indwelling baptism with the Holy Spirit. Just as the Jews had received 7 years earlier on the 1st post resurrection Pentecost.
BTW: Christ & Christ alone (Matt 3:11, Mk 1:8, Acts 1:5, John 3:5) preforms the covenantal baptism - spiritual/circumcision (Col 2:11, Deut 30:6, Rom 2:29) sealing of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13, 2 Cor 1:22 & Eph 4:30).
Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision """made without hands""", in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
(NOTE: The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a SPIRITUAL circumcision/covenant done without hands)
Deut 30:6 (A) the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart,
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
(NOTE: An inwardly; circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit. No human hands or H2O used)
The gospel of Jesus Christ that's applicable for the Church/Body of Christ, by which we are saved is:
Christ DIED for your sins (paying sins required wage) was BURIED (proof Jesus died) & was RESURRECTED from the grave (Fathers receipt, sins required payment received & accepted. See 1 Cor 15:1-4)
Salvation is seized/accessed thru Faith/belief & Faith/belief alone. Placed in the faithful, obedient, sin redemptive work & resurrection of Jesus the Christ. (Eph 2:8, Acts 5:1-2, Rom 10:9-10, 1 Cor 15:1-4, Eph 1:13)
Water baptism doesn't remiss/pardon/forgive sin, repentance doesn't remiss/pardon sin, obedience doesn't remiss/pardon sin, sabbath observance doesn't remiss/pardon sin etc.
Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
(NOTE: John is sent to preach the baptism of repentance. To PREPARE the people to believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. Through whom the remission/pardon of sin would be realized)
5 On hearing this they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(NOTE: Baptized 1st by John pre-sin payment in preparation to meet Jesus & Baptized again post-sin payment in Jesus name for the remission/pardon of sin)
Amplified Bible
Acts 19:
4 Paul said, “John performed a baptism of repentance, continually telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, [to confidently accept and joyfully believe] in Jesus [the Messiah and Savior].
(NOTE: The parenthetical emphasis in vrs 4 & 5 are placed by the Amplified Bible & not my own)
5 After hearing this, they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(NOTE: Baptized 1st by John pre-sin payment in preparation to meet Jesus & Baptized again post-sin payment in Jesus name for the remission/pardon of sin)
KJV Dictionary Definition REMISSION: Forgiveness; pardon; that is, the giving up of the punishment due to a crime; as the remission of sins. Matt. 26. Heb. 9.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
(NOTE: Without Christ's sinless shed blood there is NO Remission/purification on/Pardon for sins.)
Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
(NOTE: It's Belief/faith in Christ's sinless shed blood that provides the Remission/Pardon for sins. NOT the act of works/repentance/water baptism etc)
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: & I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul.
(NOTE: It's BLOOD not water that makes atonement/reparation or expiation for sin.
John the Baptist repeated stated purpose: PREPARE the way of the Lord (Isa 40:1-11, Ps 85:9-14, Mal 3:1, Matt 11:10, Mk 1:2)
John's BAPTISM of REPENTANCE:
Repentance: Strong's Hebrew (H7725:שׁוּב ) turn back, return, a wholehearted turning to God. Note the different way repent translates in Hebrew vs Greek, John wasn't speaking Greek. When John was preaching, turn back/return to God. Is a message only applicable to Jews at that time. Gentiles didn't have any relationship with God, see Eph 2:12)
Return/turn back to God, purify/wash/clean yourself-up, outside & inside (Jews of Jesus day understood this practice) in PREPARATION of meeting your long time promised Messiah. Through whom will remiss/forgive/pardon your sins will be realized (Acts 19:4).
OT Jewish repentance rituals: rending of garments, wearing sackcloth, sitting in ashes, putting ashes on top of his head, fasting, weeping, wailing. Every Jew at John's baptism was familiar with repentance/turning back to God rituals. (See Joel 2:12-13)
Levitical law required PREPATATION/purifying/washing/instructions on many occasions: Ex 39:4, 30:19-21, 40:12; Lev 6:27, Lev 13:54, 13:58, 14:8-9, 15:16, 16:4, 16:24, 22:6.
Jacob receives PREPATATION instructions before meeting the Lord at the alter
Gen 35:1-2
(NOTE: Jacob was to PREPARE/wash-up & change his cloths before meeting the Lord at the alter)
Moses receives PREPATATION instructions before meeting the Lord on the morrow.
Ex 19:10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
(NOTE: In preparation of meeting me tomorrow, have the people clean-up)
Scripture proclaims, salvation is 1st to the Jew then to the gentile (Rom 1:16, 2:9 & 10)
Acts 13:24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
(NOTE: John the Baptist is sent to preach, the baptism of repentance to All the People of ISRAEL. To Prepare the way (PEOPLE) for the coming LORD. Through whom remission/pardon of sin would be realized)
Acts 2:38 is 100% Jewish doctrine ((Acts 2:14, 22, 33, 36, 37 & Acts 13:24 above) preached to ALL the people of ISRAEL.
Peter is on the Temple Mt during the 1st post resurrection Pentecost, a mandatory pilgrimage festival. Every male Jew of age was required to travel to the Temple Mt every Passover, Pentecost & Tabernacles
Peter's is speaking to Temple Mt full (millions?) of JEWS:
Acts 2:
5 and there were DWELLING at Jerusalem JEWS,
14 Peter said, YE MEN OF JUDAEA
22 YE MEN OF ISRAEL, hear these words;
36 let ALL the HOUSE OF ISRAEL know, that God made that same Jesus, WHOM YE CRUCIFIED, both Lord and Christ.
Context: REPENT from UNBELIEF/REJECTING (not everyday personal sins) & killing their long promised Messiah/Christ.
John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw """all""" men unto me.
(NOTE: Jesus was in fact lifted up on a cross & will draw "ALL" to Himself)
John 16:
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
(NOTE: The Holy Spirit will reprove/expose/convict everyone of, sins? NO of "SIN" singular.)
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
(NOTE: The only SIN that condemns one to eternal separtation/damnation UNBELIEF, rejecting Christ's sin atoning sacrifice until lifes end.)
John 8:24 Jesus said; ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
The only unpardonable sin is to remain in "UNBELIEF/Rejecting Christ's sin atoning sacrifice until you die. There is no pardon/remission for a person who dies in "UNBELIEF".
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(NOTE: Anyone that places their BELIEF on/in Christ WILL NOT be CONDEMNED. Anyone that REJECTS & remains in UNBELIEF WILL is already & will be CONDEMNED)
"UNBELIEF" at life's end is the only UNFORGIVEABLE sin.
There were NO gentiles baptized via the indwelling Holy Spirit on the Temple Mt on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2. Or or John the Baptist in the wilderness.
Salvation is 1st to the Jew then to the gentile (Rom 1:16, 2:9 & 10)
Acts 2:4 (A) they were all filled with the Holy Ghost,
(NOTE: Jews only received God's promise (Lk 24:49, Jn 7:38-39, Acts 2:33). The baptism with God's eternal salvation sealing/saving, indwelling Holy Spirit)
Acts 10:44 (B) Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
(NOTE: 7 years later Gentiles received God's promise (Lk 24:49, Jn 7:38-39, Acts 2:33). The baptism with God's eternal salvation sealing/saving, indwelling Holy Spirit)
The door to salvation isn't opened to Gentiles until 7 yrs after Pentecost. When the Lord sends Peter to Cornelius house (Acts 10). Where gentiles received the indwelling baptism with the Holy Spirit. Just as the Jews had received 7 years earlier on the 1st post resurrection Pentecost.
BTW: Christ & Christ alone (Matt 3:11, Mk 1:8, Acts 1:5, John 3:5) preforms the covenantal baptism - spiritual/circumcision (Col 2:11, Deut 30:6, Rom 2:29) sealing of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13, 2 Cor 1:22 & Eph 4:30).
Col 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision """made without hands""", in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
(NOTE: The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a SPIRITUAL circumcision/covenant done without hands)
Deut 30:6 (A) the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart,
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
(NOTE: An inwardly; circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit. No human hands or H2O used)
The gospel of Jesus Christ that's applicable for the Church/Body of Christ, by which we are saved is:
Christ DIED for your sins (paying sins required wage) was BURIED (proof Jesus died) & was RESURRECTED from the grave (Fathers receipt, sins required payment received & accepted. See 1 Cor 15:1-4)
Salvation is seized/accessed thru Faith/belief & Faith/belief alone. Placed in the faithful, obedient, sin redemptive work & resurrection of Jesus the Christ. (Eph 2:8, Acts 5:1-2, Rom 10:9-10, 1 Cor 15:1-4, Eph 1:13)
Water baptism doesn't remiss/pardon/forgive sin, repentance doesn't remiss/pardon sin, obedience doesn't remiss/pardon sin, sabbath observance doesn't remiss/pardon sin etc.
