BAPTISM IN THE GOSPELS Although the family of baptism words appear only twice in the Gospel of John (both in John 3) the words appear at least 50 times in the Gospels. The words appear basically in four different settings: 1) John the Baptists' practice of baptism     Baptism: Matt 3:6; Matt 21:25; Mk 1:4; Mk 11:30; Lk 3:3; Lk 7:29; Lk 20:4     Baptize: Matt 3:11; Lk 3:16; Jn 1:26; Jn 1:33     Baptized: Matt 3:6; Matt 3:13, 14, 16; Mk 1:5, 8, 9; Lk 3:7, 12, 21;                   Lk 7:29, 30; Jn 10:40     Baptizer: Mk 1:4; Mk 6:14, 24     Baptist: Matt 3:1; Matt 11:11, 12; Matt 14:2, 8; Matt 16:14; Matt 17:13;                 Mk 6:25; Mk 8:28; Lk 7:20, 33; Lk 9:19 2) Jesus' and his disciples' practice of baptism      Baptize:  Jn 4:2; Jn 3:22, 23 3)  Christian baptism      Baptize: Matt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16; Mk 16:16 4)  Symbolic uses      Mk 10:38, 39; Lk 12:50; Mk 10:38, 39; Lk 12:50 BAPTISM IN ACTS The baptism family of words is found at least 26 times in Acts. 1)  John the Baptists Baptism, 10 times: Acts 1:5; Acts 1:22; Acts 19:3, 4;      Acts 10:37; Acts 11:16; Acts 13:24; Acts 18:25; Acts 19:3, 4 2)  Christian Baptism, 16 times: Acts 1:5; Acts 2:38, 41; Acts 8:12, 13, 16, 36,      38; Acts 9:18;  Acts 10:48; Acts 11:16; Acts 16:15, 33; Acts 18:8; Acts 19:5;      Acts 22:16 BAPTISM IN PAUL This family of words is found at least 14 times in Paul:       Christian Baptism:  Rom 6:3, 4; Eph 4:5; Col 2:12; 1 Cor 1:13, 14, 15, 16,                                  17; 1 Cor 12:13, 1 Cor 15:29      Symbolic: 1 Cor 10:2 BAPTISM IN PETER Christian Baptism: 1 Pet 3:21 To return to parent discussion click here or use back arrow.