ACTS 10:47 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?”
So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.—Peter's command ('ordered,' prostagō) has apostolic authority; water baptism formally incorporates them into the name (identity, authority) of Jesus Christ. The request for Peter to remain ('stay with them') suggests post-baptismal instruction and table-fellowship; the boundary dissolution is being ritualized through shared meals.
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