Verse 16
16. Be baptized Literally, baptize thyself. The work being supposed to be done by himself through another’s hands.
Wash away thy sins By the external symbol, just as the Holy Spirit has already done the work in the internal reality. (See note on John 3:5.) So 1 Peter 3:21, says, “Baptism doth save us;” but it is carefully explained: “not the putting away of the filthiness of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God.” Baptism is the external and symbolical salvation, while regeneration is the internal and real.
The Lord The same Lord as named in Acts 22:8; Acts 22:10; Acts 22:19; the Lord into whose name he was to be baptized. The phrase here is the same as in Genesis 4:26. Paul here adds a narrative not elsewhere given, yet most important to his present defence.
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