“When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”
On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus — The re-baptism (eis to onoma, into the name) transfers baptismal efficacy from John's preparatory rite to Christian baptism's definitive confession. The name of Jesus marks baptism's proper Christian center.
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