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CHAPTER 2<br />
Of the Subjects of Baptism<br />
When the Lord rose from the dead, he<br />
appeared repeatedly to his disciples during the<br />
course of forty days, speaking to them of the<br />
things pertaining to the kingdom of God.<br />
Before he ascended up on high, he delivered to<br />
his eleven apostles their commission in these<br />
words: “All power is given unto me in heaven<br />
<strong>and</strong> in earth. Go ye therefore, <strong>and</strong> teach all<br />
nations, baptizing them in the name of the<br />
Father, <strong>and</strong> of the Son, <strong>and</strong> of the Holy Ghost;<br />
teaching them to observe all things whatsoever<br />
I have comm<strong>and</strong>ed you: <strong>and</strong> lo I am with you<br />
alway, even unto the end of the world,”<br />
Matt. 28:18. 20.<br />
There are two words in this commission<br />
which are both rendered teach. The former is<br />
μαθητευσατε literally make disciples. Men can be<br />
made disciples of Jesus only by hearing <strong>and</strong><br />
believing the gospel. In this manner, therefore,<br />
they were to make disciples from all nations.<br />
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