Reference

Acts 19:4

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.
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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.

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

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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.

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

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And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

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Believer's Baptism

The verse describes John's baptism as a "baptism of repentance" and points to belief in "him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus." While this clearly links baptism to repentance and belief, it doesn't explicitly state that baptism *must* follow a personal, conscious decision in the way "Believer's Baptism" is often defined (e.g., excluding infant baptism). One could argue that John's baptism was a preparatory baptism, distinct from Christian baptism, and that the "belief" menti