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Appendix 115.
"BAPTIZE", "BAPTISM", ETC.
It will be useful for the student to have a complete and classified list of the various usages of these words in the N.T.; the following conspectus has been prepared, so that the reader may be in a position to draw his own conclusions.
I. The VERB baptizo occurs eighty (*1) times, as follows :
i. In its absolute form, or followed by a noun in the accusative case. See Matt. 3:16; 20:22, 23. Mark 6:14; 10:38, 39; 16:16. Luke 3:12, 21; 7:29; 12:50. John 1:25, 28; 3:22, 23, 26; 4:1, 2; 10:40. Acts 2:41; 8:12, 13, 36, 38; 9:18; 10:47; 16:15, 33; 18:8; 19:4; 22:16. 1Cor. 1:14, 16, 17.
ii. With the Dative case (implying element) : Luke 3:16. Acts 1:5; 11:16.
iii. With en (Ap. 104. viii), denoting
1. The element, described as being
a. Water. Matt. 3:11. Mark 1:8. John 1:26, 31, 33.
b. Pneuma hagion. (see Ap. 101. II. 14) Matt. 3:11. Mark 1.8.
Luke 3:16. John 1:33. Acts 1:5; 11:16. 1Cor. 12:13 (*).
c. The name of the Lord. Acts 10:48.
d. The cloud and sea. 1Cor. 10:2 (*).
2. The locality. Matt. 3:6 (*). Mark 1:4, 5 (*). John 3:23.
iv. With eis (Ap. 104. vi). Matt. 28:19. Mark 1:9 (*). Acts 8:16; 19:3, 5.
Rom. 6:3. 1Cor. 1:13,15; 10:2 (*); 12:13 (*). Gal. 3:27.
v. With epi (Ap. 104. ix). Acts 2:38 (with Dative)
vi. With huper (Ap. 104. xvii). 1Cor. 15:29.
vii. With hupo (Ap. 104. xviii). Matt. 3:6 (*), 13, 14. Mark 1:5, 9 (*).
Luke 3:7; 7:30.
viii. Translated "wash". Mark 7:4. Luke 11:38.
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II. The NOUNS.
i. Baptisma. Occurs twenty-two times, as follows :
1. General. Matt. 20:22, 23. Mark 10:38, 39. Luke 12:50. Rom. 6:4.
Eph. 4:5. Col. 2:12. 1Pet. 3:21.
2. John's baptism. Matt. 3:7; 21:25. Mark 1:4; 11:30. Luke 3:3; 7:29; 20:4.
Acts 1:22; 10:37; 13:24; 18:25; 19:3, 4.
ii. Baptismos. Occurs four times :
1. Translated "washing". Matt 7:4, 8. Heb. 9:10
2. Translated "baptisms". Heb. 6:2.
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(*) In the five passages thus marked, the verb is followed by two phrases, and therefore appears under two heads. They are : Matt. 3:6. Mark 1:5, 9. 1Cor. 10:2; 12:13.
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16: And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17: For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
Accordingly, since Christ sent Paul to preach the gospel, and not to baptize, then the gospel which Paul preached did not require water baptism. Otherwise, Paul could not have made a pointed distinction between baptism and the gospel he preached. And since Paul was not sent to baptize, then he was not under the instructions that the Lord gave to the other apostles (Mt.28:19-20; Mk.16:16), which did require water baptism "for the remission of sins" (Acts 2:38).
Although it is true that Paul also baptized certain believers in the early days of his ministry, we must be careful not to draw the wrong conclusion from this. Paul also circumcised Timothy (see Acts 16:1-3), even after contending with the other apostles that circumcision is no longer necessary (Acts 15:1-21). Paul, then, did not circumcise Timothy because the Lord required it. Instead, Paul circumcised him "because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek" (Acts 16:3). In other words, Paul circumcised Timothy of his own volition, instead of by the Lord's commandment. We therefore should never endorse the practice of circumcision, or the practice of water baptism, just because Paul performed them at one time.
Likewise, Paul also took a Jewish vow associated with animal sacrifices (Acts 21:23-27), thereby placing himself back under the Law, as well. In Acts 21:26, Paul actually joined himself with certain Jews who believed, but who were also "zealous of the law" (verse 20), having shaved their heads (verse 24). Consequently, an "offering" was to be "offered for every one of them" (as in Acts 21:26; compare Numbers 8:7-8). Yet Paul took this Jewish vow, which was associated with animal sacrifices, after he had written his epistles to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, and Thessalonians! Animal sacrifices, though, were certainly not necessary at that time. Paul, then, must have performed circumcision and endorsed the practice of animal sacrifices by using his own free will, instead of by commandment from the Lord, since such practices are quite contrary to the doctrines that he himself wrote. In like manner, since he also stated in 1Cor.1:17 that Christ sent him not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, then Paul must have also baptized certain believers using his own free will, as well. Otherwise, by practicing water baptism, how could Paul be carrying out the Lord's instructions in the first place, if Christ sent him not to baptize?
| I have a bunch of theological works published by these guys on CD-Roms, I also have the Companion Bible by Bullinger, Romans Commentary by Stam, sermons in mp3, etc. After reading Mid to Latter Acts dispensational works for a few years I have to say Bullinger was the most consistent. If you take the fundamental ideas of dispensationalism you end up in Acts 28 which is extremely false.
Peace,
jason
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