Verb: to wash to baptize	Noun: baptism			Verb: to baptize	Noun: baptism			John knew the "kingdom of heaven" would be realized in the coming of Messiah. John prepared Jews for that Messianic Kingdom. As far as it was seen to be "at hand" and visible, his baptism was a rite of passage.
1	Mat 3:2-6		1,4	47	John 4:2		24		1 Baptism in preparation for Messianic Kingdom.
2		Mat 3:7	2,5	48	John 10:40		23		2 John demanded a lifestyle change from people before baptism
3	Mat 3:11		5,14 15	49	Act 1:5		14,15		3 Examples of behavior change required
4	Mat 3:13		7	50		Act 1:22			4 "Confess" (& forsake) ungodly lifestyle
5	Mat 3:14		8	51	Act 2:38		5,6, 9,25		5 Baptism signals that repentance, a condition of forgiveness, has taken place
6	Mat 3:16		9	52	Act 2:41		25,26		6 Bap. of "repentance unto forgiveness"
7 8	Mat 20:22	Mat 20:22	11	53	Act 8:12		1,25		7 Baptism of Jesus was not connected with repentance
9 10	Mat 20:23	Mat 20:23	11	54	Act 8:13				8 Bap. to fulfill a righteous requirement
11		Mat 21:25	12	55	Act 8:16		9		9 Spirit came "upon" after baptism
12	Mat 28:19		13	56	Act 8:36-37		21,25		10 Sprit came upon before baptism
13 14	Mar 1:4	Mar 1:4	5,6	57	Act 8:38-39		14		11 "Baptism" – a symbol for death by martyrdom
15	Mar 1:5		4,6	58	Act 9:18		25		12 Authority for John’s baptism
16	Mar 1:8		14,15	59		Act 10:37			13 Jesus’ formula for baptism, 3 Names
17	Mar 1:9		14	60	Act 10:47		10		14 Baptism was "in water" & "into" water
18	Mar 6:14			61	Act 10:48				15 Jesus to later baptize "in holy Spirit"
19	Mar 7:4		16,17	62	Act11:15-17		15,10		16 The Jewish attitude toward ceremonial defilement: "Wash it off !"
20 21	Mar 10:38	Mar 10:38	11	63		Act 13:24	1,5		17 "Baptize" = "wash"– (baptism may retain aspects of ceremonial washing)
22 23	Mar 10:39	Mar 10:39	11	64	Act 16:14-15		21,25		18 The later Jewish church viewed bap. much like John the Baptist had.
24		Mar 11:30	12	65	Act 16:30-33		21,25		19 Unbelieving Jewish leaders saw John’s baptism as illegal and unnecessary
25	Mar 16:16		21,22	66	Act 18:8		21,25		20 All ceremonial washings clean the outside of a "cup" but leave inside dirty
26		Luk 3:3-4	6,12	67		Act 18:25	27		21 In the early church, baptism came very soon after faith in Christ
27	Luk 3:7		2	68 69	Act 19:3	Act 19:2-3	28		22 Condemnation in God's sight is for unbelief. Lack of baptism does not condemn. Religions may confuse the two
28	Luk 3:12		3	70 71	Act 19:4	Act 19:4	1,25		23 John baptized far from Jewish control
29	Luk 3:16		14,15	72	Act 19:5-6		9,32		24 Jesus’ disciples also baptized
30	Luk 3:21		9	73	Act 22:16		17,5 25		25 A full acceptance of Jesus’ name and teachings required for baptism
31 32	Luk 7:29	Luk 7:29	12	74	Rom 6:3		29		26 Baptism was a requirement for addition to church privileges
33	Luk 7:30		12	75		Rom 6:4	29		27 Apollos’ understanding of what John taught was inadequate
34	Luk 11:38f		16,17 20	76	1Cor 1:13		29		28 Since Apollos’ disciples were not fully informed, they were not under influence of the Spirit as much as they could be.
35 36	Luk 12:50	Luk 12:50	11	77	1Cor 1:14				29 Baptism in Jesus’ name identifies with him completely– his burial & resurrection.
37		Luk 20:4	12	78	1Cor 1:15				30 Baptism in Jesus’ Name does not hinder baptism in name of Father & Spirit
38	John 1:25		1	79	1Cor 1:16				31 Important to the church as baptism is, it is not part of the gospel message
39	John 1:26		14	80	1Cor 1:17		31		32 Symbolic identification with Jesus Christ is the main purpose of baptism; compare Israel's "Baptism into Moses"
40	John 1:28		23	81	1Cor 10:2		32		33 Corinthians were in unity of Spirit when baptized "into" Christ's "body"Eph 4:3
41	John 1:31		1	82	1Cor 12:13		32,33		34 Ambiguous. Could mean anything. And who were "they"; certainly not Paul.
42	John 1:33		12,14   9,15	83	1Cor 15:29		34		35 B. pictures the same total degree of identification with Christ as the idea of putting Christ on as garment. Rom.13:14
43	John 3:22		24	84	Gal 3:27		29,32 35		36 The symbolic nature of b. is evident in its comparison with circumcision
44	John3:23		39	85		Eph 4:5			37 Baptism and Noah’s experience are comparable in a vague way.
45	John 3:26		24	86		Col 2:11-12	36		38 Baptism does not cleanse a man. However, trusting Christ in faith brings a consciousness of freedom from guilt. Baptism is the useful metaphor for that.
46	John 4:1		24,19	87		1Pe 3:21	37,38 39		39 Baptism was done in "much water"