When were the Twelve baptized in Jesus' name?

[tonychanyt]

They experienced a period of transition of baptism theology from Mikvah to John the Baptizer to Jesus to post-resurrection.

Peter, Andrew, James, and John, were initially disciples of John the Baptizer before following Jesus (Jn 1:35-42; Mk 1:16-20). John baptized them before they followed Jesus. Jesus himself was baptized by John (Mt 3:13).

As time went by, John decreased, and Jesus increased (Jn 3:30). Jn 4:

1b The Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples).

At this point, Jesus might have baptized some of his disciples, who, in turn, baptized others.

Did Jesus rebaptize Peter, Andrew, James, and John?

Maybe not. It wasn't necessary during this special time of transition. Disciples of Jesus who were baptized by John or Jesus started to baptize followers of Jesus. They, in turn, baptized other followers of Jesus.

After Jesus' resurrection, Jesus commanded in Mt 28:

19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

At this time, Jesus wanted his disciples to use this formula.

At the Pentecost, Peter called to the people in Acts 2:

38 "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins."

Were Jesus' disciples rebaptized?

I don't think so. It wasn't necessary. They baptized the new believers.

Some of John's disciples were rebaptized in Acts 19:

1 It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

They were ignorant of the Holy Spirit. Jesus' disciples were not. These ignorant disciples were rebaptized.

When were the Twelve baptized?

Likely at different times before Jesus announced them in Lk 6:13.

When were the Twelve baptized with the baptismal formula?

They might not have been because they were baptized during the transition period.

Were the Eleven baptized in Jesus' name?

No, not in the sense of the post-resurrection baptism formula. But yes, in the sense that they were baptized in Jesus' authority.

 

[Grafted In]

Was Paul?
By the way, the 11 chose another man to replace Judas by casting lots.
I realize they had recieved the Holy Spirit by this time, but was that God's way or did He select Paul as the 12th?

 

[tonychanyt]

Was Paul?

Acts 9:17-18 (NIV)
"Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, 'Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.' Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,"

By the way, the 11 chose another man to replace Judas by casting lots.
I realize they had recieved the Holy Spirit by this time, but was that God's way or did He select Paul as the 12th?

See Was Paul supposed to be the 12th disciple, replacing Judas? and follow up there

 

[Grafted In]

Wow. It gets deep.

 

[Grafted In]

Brought me around to a question i asked you, Tony.
About Appolos.

 

[Aaron112]

At this point, Jesus likely had baptized some of his disciples

When the starting point/premise/ is false , nothing can be gained from that nor built upon it.