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Act 2:38. Μετανοήσατε) repent, viz. towards GOD. Thus in this verse there is contained by implication the Holy Trinity [comp. ch. Act 3:19-20, where the same truth is implied].-βαπτισθήτω, let each of you be baptized) He speaks as of a thing already known to all: for both John and Christ [by His disciples] had administered baptism.-ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ[22] in name of Jesus) See note on Mat 28:19. [The confession of the Holy Trinity and their offices was the preliminary of baptism. The creeds are but an expansion of this baptismal confession. The Jews, as being already in covenant with God (the Father) by circumcision, were to be baptized in the name (ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι) of Christ, and to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit: the Gentiles, as being wholly aliens from God, were, according to Mat 28:19, to be baptized into the name (εἰς τὸ ὄνομα) of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.]-ἁμαρτιῶν, of sins) viz. of that sin which you committed in having crucified Christ (for it was on account of that sin especially that they were suffering such distress of conscience), and of all your other sins. λήψεσθε) ye shall receive) alike as we. We are a living proof to you of the fact.
[22] The fuller reading, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, is preferred in the margin of Ed. 2, which is followed hy the Vers. Germ.-E. B.
Iren. omits Χριστοῦ; but the other oldest authorities have it: and DEde Vulg. Amiat. Cypr. and Lucifer prefix τοῦ Κυρίου, which ABC and Rec. Text omit.-E. and T.