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19. μαθητεύσατε. Make disciples of. Cp. Act 14:21, μαθητεύσαντες ἱκανούς, and see ch. Mat 13:52, Mat 27:57, where the same word is used. διδάσκοντες, Mat 28:20, = ‘instructing.’ ‘Make disciples of all the Gentiles πάντα τὰ ἔθνη) by baptism and by instruction in all my commands to you’ (πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην).
εἰς τὸ ὄνομα. ‘Into the name.’ Jewish proselytes were baptized into the name of the Father; Jesus adds the name of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. In the instances of baptism recorded in the Act 2:38; Act 8:16; Act 10:48; Act 19:5, the name of Jesus Christ (or the Lord Jesus) alone occurs in the baptismal formula, but the promise of the Holy Ghost is given (Act 2:38), or the gift of the Holy Ghost follows the rite (Act 8:17, Act 19:6), or precedes it (Act 10:44; Act 10:47).