Reference

Acts 19:3

And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
1

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

2

He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

3

And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

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.

5

When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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Believer's Baptism
Semantic Discovery
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Believer's Baptism

The verse describes a situation where individuals were baptized with "John's baptism," which was a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, anticipating the coming Messiah. This is distinct from Christian baptism "in the name of the Lord Jesus" (Acts 19:5), which is understood to be for those who have already believed in Jesus. The fact that Paul then re-baptizes them in the name of Jesus suggests that John's baptism, while requiring a conscious decision of repentance, was not consider