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Seb · #3 (**permalink**) 12-18-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Pilgrim

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Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

This is a question primarily directed to the paedos since the credo position on this passage is obvious.

On this board I've seen some paedobaptists argue that infants were there and were baptized while others said there weren't any there at all. Regardless, I have long thought it to be one of the stronger verses in the credo arsenal and seldom if ever see it dealt with by paedobaptists.

I don't see it as "one of the stronger verses in the credo arsenal" If you look at the whole passage it seems there were only men in attendance. You wouldn't expect unbelieving grown men to be baptized, only those "who gladly received his word".

The Paedo position is not "Paedo only". If you were never baptized and you were converted as an adult (like the men in the verses) you would be expected to follow through with believer's (Credo) baptism even in a church that practices Paedobaptism.