We will quote verses 5 through 19 of Acts 18, "And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."
The context of today's example provides very little to help establish the medium into which these Corinthians were "baptized". However, applying the definition of the term "baptized" that is provided to us in Galatians 3:27, "For as many of you as have been 'baptized' into Christ have put on Christ.", the conclusion reached in verse eight of today's lesson would read, 'and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and put on Christ' (were baptized into Christ).
Therefore, it is my conclusion that the intended medium into which those Corinthians were "baptized" was Christ." They had simply accepted the soul saving gospel of Jesus Christ that Paul had preached. There is no water mentioned or otherwise implied by this usage of the term "baptized".~
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