Skip to content
Apostolic Guide
TopicsScripturePathwaysArticlesMediaAbout
Open App
TopicsScripturePathwaysArticlesMediaAboutCommon QuestionsWhat We BelieveHow Apostolic Guide WorksTry the App
Apostolic Guide

Search the Scriptures. Know what you believe.

StudyTopicsAnswersScripturePathways
ProjectArticlesMediaBeliefsHow It WorksAboutContact
ContinueTry the appAll linksAdminPrivacyTerms
© 2026 Apostolic GuideScripture first. Read every passage for yourself.
Search Scripture and doctrine

Find the question, passage, or doctrine.

Use the words you would actually use. Search connects common phrasing to Scripture, topics, answers, and guided studies.

APOSTOLIC GUIDE / INDEX01—04
JOHN 5:39
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURESTHEY TESTIFY OF ME
01LUKE 24:2702ACTS 17:11032 TIM. 2:15
AG
49 results for “Acts 2:33–36”
Scripture

Acts 2:32–36

The risen Messiah is exalted to divine authority and publicly declared Lord and Christ.

Answer

Does Matthew 28:19 contradict Acts 2:38?

No. Matthew commands baptism in the singular name, and Acts records the apostles invoking that name as Jesus Christ.

Scripture

Acts 2:37–38

The first post-resurrection gospel appeal receives an apostolic response of repentance and Jesus-name baptism.

Scripture

Acts 2:38

The apostolic response joins repentance, Jesus-name baptism, forgiveness, and the Holy Ghost.

Scripture

Luke 24:46–47

The risen Christ connects the completed gospel to repentance and remission preached in his name.

Scripture

Matthew 28:19

Jesus commands baptism into one singular name.

Scripture

Psalm 33:6

Creation comes from YHWH's own Word and breath.

Scripture

Mark 12:29

Jesus reaffirms Israel's confession of the one God as the first commandment.

Scripture

Matthew 10:20

The Holy Spirit is identified as the Spirit of the Father speaking in believers.

Scripture

Matthew 1:20–23

The child conceived by the Holy Ghost is the manifestation of God with us.

Scripture

Luke 22:42

Jesus expresses a real human will in perfect submission to God.

Scripture

Luke 23:39–43

Jesus grants mercy to the thief before the new-covenant gospel is preached after the resurrection.

Scripture

John 20:28

Thomas directly confesses the risen Jesus as Lord and God.

Scripture

Acts 8:16

Samaritan believers were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Scripture

Acts 10:48

Gentile believers who received the Holy Ghost were still commanded to be baptized in the Lord's name.

Scripture

Acts 19:5

People previously baptized under John's ministry were baptized in Jesus' name.

Scripture

1 Corinthians 15:24–28

Christ's mediatorial kingdom reaches its appointed goal when every enemy is defeated.

Scripture

2 Corinthians 5:19

The saving actor in Christ was God reconciling the world to himself.

Scripture

Colossians 2:9

All divine fullness dwells bodily in Christ.

Scripture

1 Timothy 2:5

The one mediator is explicitly identified in his genuine humanity.

Scripture

Hebrews 7:24

The risen Christ continues forever in an enduring priesthood.

Scripture

Revelation 22:3–4

God and the Lamb culminate in one throne, one face, and one name.

Scripture

Revelation 22:13

Jesus bears the absolute divine title of First and Last.

Answer

What does the right hand of God mean?

It means divine power, authority, victory, and exalted rule.

Pathway

Matthew 28:19 and Acts 2:38

Read Jesus' command and its apostolic fulfillment together.

Article

Matthew 28:19 and the Name of Jesus

Why the singular name in Matthew and the Jesus-name baptisms in Acts belong to the same command.

Scripture

John 3:3–5

Jesus teaches a new birth involving water and Spirit.

Scripture

Titus 3:5

Salvation is described through washing and renewal by the Holy Ghost.

Answer

Why did the apostles baptize in Jesus' name?

Because Jesus is the saving name given under heaven, and baptism identifies the believer with his death, burial, and resurrection.

Answer

What about the thief on the cross?

The thief died before the new-covenant gospel response was commanded and preached after Christ's death and resurrection.

Scripture

Deuteronomy 6:4

Israel's confession identifies YHWH as one, not merely united.

Pathway

Tongues as the Initial Sign

Distinguish the repeated reception sign in Acts from the public gift in Corinthians.

Pathway

Baptism in Jesus' Name

Follow the explicit baptismal language and its meaning through Acts and the epistles.

Pathway

The New Birth

Connect Jesus' teaching about water and Spirit with the apostolic response in Acts.

Pathway

The Right Hand of God

Read right-hand language as power, victory, exaltation, and authority.

Pathway

God Alone Is Creator

Compare the LORD creating alone with New Testament creation language about Christ.

Pathway

The Name of Jesus

Follow the saving name through revelation, salvation, worship, and baptism.

Pathway

Repentance

See repentance as a commanded turning toward God, not mere regret.

Pathway

Receiving the Holy Ghost

Trace the promise, reception, and recognizable experience of the Holy Ghost.

Pathway

The Gospel Pattern

Move from Christ's death, burial, and resurrection into the believer's response.

Pathway

God Is One

Begin with Scripture's controlling confession of one indivisible God.

Pathway

No God Beside Him

Follow the Bible's clearest denials of another God with, beside, before, or after the LORD.

Pathway

Jesus Is God

Build a direct biblical case for the absolute deity of Jesus Christ.

Pathway

The Word Became Flesh

Follow God's eternal Word into the genuine humanity of Jesus Christ.

Pathway

The Son Was Born

Trace Sonship through conception, birth, human life, and saving mission.

Pathway

The Father Dwells in the Son

Use Jesus' own explanation of the Father's presence and work in Him.

Pathway

The Fullness of the Godhead

Build Paul's case that God's complete fullness dwells bodily in Jesus Christ.

Pathway

Faith, Grace, and Obedience

Answer the false choice between grace and an obedient response of faith.

Pathway

Jesus' Prayers and Humanity

Keep Christ's genuine human life and the Father's full indwelling together.