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Matthew 28:19
in several versions of the
Bible.
"Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost:" (Matthew 28:19, King James
Version)
"Go
therefore and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:19,
New King James Version)
Therefore, go and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 28:19, New Living Translation)
Go ye therefore, and
make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them
into the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit: (Matthew 28:19, American
Standard Version)
Go then, and make
disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit: (Matthew 28:19, Bible in Basic
English)
Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
(Matthew28:19, Today's New
International Version)
Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them inthe name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, (Matthew 28:19,
English Standard Version)
Suggestion:
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the Bible.
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Explanation that the verse
Matthew 28:19
support and prove the
Trinity doctrine and the existence of the Triune
God.. |
The following are
excerpts taken from various articles:
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From the Wkikpedia
article,
Trinity
these are written:
According to Christian tradition the Trinity was
introduced by the Gospels and Jesus Christ[24]
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and
teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you."[Matt. 28:19-20]
Jesus thus mentions the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit in a phrase that may suggest that
there is one name that encompasses all three.
Source: Wikipedia,
Trinity,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity (as of
Sept. 7, 2010, 00:18 GMT). |
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From the Wikipedia
article,
Trinity
these are written:
The New Testament does not use the word "Τριάς"
(Trinity) nor explicitly teach it, but provides
the material upon which the doctrine of the
Trinity is based.[22]
It required reflection by the earliest
Christians on the coming of Jesus and of what
they believed to be the presence and power of
God among them, which they called the Holy
Spirit; and it associated the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit in such passages as the Great
Commission: "Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit"[Matt. 28:19]
and Paul the
Apostle's blessing:
"The grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ and the love of God and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all,"[2
Cor. 13:14]
while at the same time not
contradicting the Jewish Shema Yisrael: "Hear, O
Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one."[Deuteronomy 6:4][1]
Apart from the passages that speak of Father Son
and Holy Spirit, there are many passages that
refer to God and
Jesus without also referring to the Spirit.[23]
Source: Trinity,
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trinity&oldid=340760472
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From the article
"What the Bible says
about the Trinity"
hese are written:
3. Christ's Declaration regarding the Trinity
in His Great Commission to His Disciples
"Go . . . teach
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost
[Spirit]" (Matthew 28:19).
If these three were not God, it would not
seem right to give each the same dignity and
honor. And if they were more than one God, would
not Jesus have been likely to say "in the names"
instead of only "in the name?
Source:
http://www.montney.com/inspire/trinity.htm
(as of Sept. 6, 2010)
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From the article
"Is the Doctrine of the
Trinity in the Bible?"
these are written:
Those
who do
not
accept
the
Trinity
doctrine
reject
it in
part
because
the word
"Trinity"
is not
found in
Scripture.
Of
course,
there is
no verse
that
says
"God is
three
Persons"
or "God
is a
Trinity."
This is
all
quite
evident
and
true,
strictly
speaking,
but it
proves
nothing.
There
are many
words
and
phrases
that
Christians
use,
which
are not
found in
the
Bible.
For
example,
the word
"Bible"
is not
found in
the
Bible.
More to
the
point,
opponents
of the
Trinity
doctrine
claim
that a
Trinitarian
view of
God’s
nature
and
being
can’t be
proven
from the
Bible.
Since
the
books of
the
Bible
are not
written
as
theological
tracts,
this may
seem on
the
surface
to be
true.
There is
no
statement
in
Scripture
that
says,
"God is
three
Persons
in one
being,
and here
is the
proof."
However, the New Testament does bring God
(Father), the Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy
Spirit together in such a way as to strongly
imply the Trinitarian nature of God. Three
Scriptures are quoted below as a summary of the
many other biblical passages that bring together
the three Persons of the Godhead. One Scripture
is from the Gospels, another is from the apostle
Paul and a third is from the apostle Peter. The
words in each passage referring to each of the
three Persons are italicized to emphasize their
Trinitarian implication:
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All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit
[Matthew 28:19].
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May the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit be with you all [2 Corinthians
13:14].
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To God’s elect. . .who
have been chosen according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father,
through the sanctifying work of the
Spirit, for obedience to Jesus
Christ and sprinkling by his blood [1
Peter 1:1-2].
Here are three passages in Scripture, one on the
lips of Jesus, and the other two from leading
apostles, each bringing together the three
Persons of the Godhead in an unmistakable way. .
. . . . .
Source:
http://www.gci.org/God/3Bible (as of Sept.
6, 2010)
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From the article
"The Blessed Trinity"
these are written:
Proof of doctrine
from Scripture/font>
New Testament
The evidence from the Gospels culminates in
the baptismal commission of Matthew 28:20.
It is manifest from the narratives of the
Evangelists that Christ only made the great
truth known to the Twelve step by step.
First He taught them to
recognize in Himself the Eternal Son of God.
When His ministry was drawing to a close, He
promised that the Father would send another
Divine Person, the Holy Spirit, in His place.
Finally after His resurrection, He
revealed the doctrine in
explicit terms, bidding them "go and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"
(Matthew 28:18). The force of this passage is
decisive. That "the Father" and "the Son" are
distinct Persons follows from the terms
themselves, which are mutually exclusive. The
mention of the Holy Spirit in the same series,
the names being connected one with the other by
the conjunctions "and . . . and" is evidence
that we have here a Third Person co-ordinate
with the Father and the Son, and excludes
altogether the supposition that the Apostles
understood the Holy Spirit not as a distinct
Person, but as God viewed in His action on
creatures.
The phrase "in the name" (eis
to onoma) affirms alike the Godhead of the
Persons and their unity of nature. Among the
Jews and in the Apostolic Church the Divine name
was representative of God. He who had a right to
use it was invested with vast authority: for he
wielded the supernatural powers of Him whose
name he employed. It is incredible that the
phrase "in the name" should be here employed,
were not all the Persons mentioned equally
Divine. Moreover, the use of the singular,
"name," and not the plural, shows that these
Three Persons are that One Omnipotent God in
whom the Apostles believed. Indeed the unity of
God is so fundamental a tenet alike of the
Hebrew and of the Christian religion, and is
affirmed in such countless passages of the Old
and New Testaments, that any explanation
inconsistent with this doctrine would be
altogether inadmissible.
Source:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15047a.htm (as
of Sept.6,2010)
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From the article -
"Doctrine Series
- The Trinity"
these are written:
Also in Matthew 28:19 “Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” First we see
that the Father, Son, and Spirit are
distinguished as distinct Persons. Second,
notice that each Person must be deity because
they are all placed on the same level. And
third, although the three divine Persons are
distinct; we are baptized into their name
(singular), not names (plural). The three
Persons are distinct, yet only constitute one
name. This can only be if they share one essence
Source: http://www.gracewaddy.org/students/?p=25
(as of Sept 6, 2010)
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Below
is /span>John 1:
1-4. (If
you’re new to learning the Bible, what “John
1:1-4″ means is that we’re looking at The Book
of John [sometimes also called "The Gospel
According to John," or, most often, just
"John"], chapter one, verses 1-4.)
In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. He was with God in the beginning.
“Through him all things were made; without him
nothing was made that has been made. In him was
life, and that life was the light of men.
I think these first four
sentences of John are expressing the reality of
the Trinity. It’s saying that God comes in three
modes: Absolute and unchanging (“God”),
exuberantly creative (“Word”), and personally
and specifically inside of each and every man
(“the light of men”).
And there’s the ineffable
mystery of the three-in-one God. There, in four
(heartbreakingly elegant) sentences, is the
basis for the entirety of Christianity.
Jesus, of course, is the
Word, the active aspect of God; he is God’s
unending potential manifested in real space and
time. Jesus is the perfect means by which God’s
absolute, undifferentiated power is physically,
corporeally expressed.
“Word” perfectly captures
that extraordinary dynamic. A thing doesn’t
really have an identity, hasn’t ever been
definitively differentiated from everything else
in the world, until it has been named—until
someone has attached a unique word to it that,
from then on out, refers exclusively to that
thing. Naming something marks the finality of
the process by which something gains its own
distinct, enduring presence; it’s how a thing
transforms from unknown to known.
Put in the broadest possible
terms, it’s how a thing moves from the world of
undivided and absolute God, to the
differentiated, relative, human world in which
God became Jesus.
“Through him all things were
made; without him nothing was made that has been
made.”
And there it is: by the
power of the active, creative force of God,
which ultimately personified itself into the
Jesus we worship today, all things that ever
were or will be were created. Jesus is the Word
through which God created us, and our world.
And as to, “In him was life
was life, and that life was the light of men.”?
That’s just an extremely perfect way of saying
that, ultimately, what Jesus brought is the
means by which his essence (“the light”) is
meant to be fully imparted and awakened in the
hearts and minds of all who believe that he was,
in fact, exactly who he said he was. I think
it’s pointing to the Holy Spirit.
Source:
http://johnshore.com/2009/01/11/the-trinity-explained-in-four-sentences-a-look-at-john-11-4/
(as of July 18,
2011, 6:14pm)
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Explanation that the
verse Matthew 28:19 does not support the doctrine of the Trinity
and does not prove the existence of the
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1st. The
mentioning of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit together in a phrase in Matthew 28:19. .
. .
- does not
suggest that three compose the Triune God.
- does not
is anyway imply the Trinitarian nature of
God
Because of the following reasons. . . .
- the words
Trinity or Triune God is not in the phrase
to suggest or imply that the three are one
God
- and that no
characteristics of the Trinity doctrine,
like co-eternal, co-equal or
co-substantial, one in essence, nature,
power, action, and will. is mentioned to
prove that it is really referring to the
Trinity doctrine or Triune God.
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2nd.
The above
verse Matthew 28:19 does not reveal the
doctrine of the Trinity in explicit terms
nor proclaim it, because . . .
- the verse
does not teach the unity of Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead.
- the verse
does not state the three persons, the
Father, the Son and Holy Spirit, exist as
one being.
- the verse
does not say in anyway that the three, "the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" are
not three different names for different
parts of God but one name for God though
they are mentioned together or along with
each other.
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3rd.
The use of the singular noun "name" in the verse
rather than the plural "names"
- does
not denote that the three are the one unique
God.
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does not in
anyway suggest that the "name" encompasses
all three as one God.
because in the
verse Matthew 28:19 . . .
- Jesus is
not referring to His relationship with the
Father and the Holy Spirit but simply
commanding His apostles to to disciple and
baptize the nations “in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.”
For more details, please refer to the
following biblical explanation of the verse.
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The Biblical Explanation
and Correct Meaning of Matthew 28:19
The use of the
singular noun " name' is correct but to use
it to prove that the "Three are one unique God"
is wrong.
Why is the
use of the singular noun "name" does not prove
that the "three are one unique God"?
The
baptismal formula (Matt.28:19) given here by
Jesus is unique by naming the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit.
"Go
therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, (Matthew 28:19, NKJV)
In the Acts of the Apostles
and Paul's letter's to the Galatians and Romans,
the baptismal formula generally used
by the Apostles are given in the
following verses:
For as yet
He had fallen upon none of them. They had
only been baptized in the name of the
Lord Jesus. (Acts 8:16, NKJV)
When they heard this, they were baptized
in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts
19:5, NKJV)
And he commanded them to be baptized in
the name of the Lord. Then they asked
him to stay a few days. (Acts 10:48, NKJV)
But when
they believed Philip as he preached the
things concerning the kingdom of God and the
name of Jesus Christ, both men and women
were baptized. (Acts 8:12, NKJV)
For as many of you as were baptized into
Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians
3:27, NKJV)
Thus, the baptismal formula
generally used by the Apostles and clearly
mentioned in the above verses is simply
"baptized into or in the name of the Lord
Jesus."
Why is baptism in
the name of the Lord Jesus?
Do you not know that all of us who have been
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
into his death? (Romans 6:3, RSV)
Those who have been
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into
his death.
What is the
significance of being baptized into Christ
Jesus' death?
By our baptism, then, we were buried with
him and shared his death, in order that,
just as Christ was raised from death by the
glorious power of the Father, so also we
might live a new life. (Romans 6:4, TEV)
The significance of being
baptized into the death of Christ is likened to
be buried and shared in His death.
In this manner, the
sinful old self
has to die first and and be buried with
Christ through baptism into his death. The
sinful old self has to be created anew,
reborn or born again, so that, just as
Christ was raised from death by the glorious
power of the Father, so also we (the sinful
old self), might live a new life.
Source: How are people created anew, reborn
or born again
http://www.uniquebiblestudy.com/bible-study-guide-lessons-34a.htm
( as of Sept.8, 2010)
Based on the above
baptismal details, we can then surely conclude
that the latter baptismal formula was a type of
"shorthand" for the fuller one in Matthew's
account and that Jesus is the focus of "the
name".
Why is Jesus the focus
of "the name"?
- Then
Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every
one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins; and you
shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 2:38, NKJV)
- "Nor is
there salvation in any other, for there is
no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved.'' (Acts 4:12,
NKJV)
Jesus is the focus of the
name because . . .
- baptism in the
name of Jesus is for the remission of sins.
And because
- there is no
other name under heaven given among men by
which man must be saved.''
Who gave
this name to Jesus?
Therefore
God also has highly exalted Him and given
Him the name which is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of those in heaven, and of those on
earth, and of those under the earth, and
that every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father. (Philippians 2:9-11 NKJV)
God has highly exalted
Jesus and gave Him the name which is above
every name. Why?
- God gave this name to
Jesus so every knee should bow and every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord for the Glory of God the Father.
What is the
name given to Jesus by God the Father?
"Therefore
let all the house of Israel know assuredly
that God has made this Jesus, whom you
crucified, both Lord and Christ.'' (Acts
2:36, NKJV)
"Christ" is the name given
to Jesus by God for He has made this Jesus both
Lord and Christ. This name was given to
Jesus after his crucifixion and therefore he
didn't possess it from the beginning. This
is why in Revelation 3:12 he calls it his "new
name."
"He who
overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the
temple of My God, and he shall go out no
more. And I will write on him the name of My
God and the name of the city of My God, the
New Jerusalem, which comes down out of
heaven from My God. And I will write on
him My new name. (Revelation 3:12, NKJV)
Why then are the
three (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) mentioned
together in the verse Matthew 28:19?
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"But it is
God who establishes
us with you
in Christ,
and has commissioned us;
he has
put his seal upon us and given us
his Spirit
in our hearts as a guarantee." (2
Cor.1:21-22)
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"Elect according to the foreknowledge of
God the Father,
through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."
(1 Peter 1:2)
It is because of the fact that the
three, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, plays a
very important role in the conversion of unrighteous
person to become a disciple of Christ through baptism in
the name of Christ for the remission of sins.
Why are we
absolutely sure that "baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" stated in
Matthew 28:19. does not prove that the three are indeed
one God or one Triune God?
In the
following verses, Apostle Paul explain why and
how the early Christian were baptized:
9. Do you
not know that the unrighteous will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be
deceived. Neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,
nor sodomites,
10. nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners
will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And such were some of you. But you
were washed, but you were sanctified, but
you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. (1
Corinthians 6:9-11, NKJV)
Based on verse 1Cor. 6:11 above, we
can absolutely say that the "name" (singular) in
Matthew 28:19 unmistakably refers to the "name of the
Lord Jesus", and not of the Trinity or the Triune God.
Why is the name in Matthew 28:19
unmistakably refers to the "name of Jesus"?
- 1st. -
Because the "baptism"
(washed, sanctified and justified) as explained by
Apostle Paul in the verse 1 Corinthians 6:11 shown
above. . . . .
- is the
baptism "in the
name of the Lord Jesus
and by the
Spirit of our
God".
Please note as we make the phrase clearer as
follows . . . .
- is the baptism
"in the name of the
Lord
Jesus
(the Son), and by the
(Holy)
Spirit of our
God
(the Father).
Please note how the Son
Jesus, the Holy Spirit and God the Father are
mentioned in relation to the baptism in the name
of Jesus.
Thus, the baptism
as explained above by Apostle Paul is certainly the
same "baptism that was commanded by the Lord Jesus
Himself in Matthew 28:19, saying . . . . . . .
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baptizing them in
the name of the Father
and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit.
THEREFORE "baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit" in Mathew 28:19 undoubtedly refers
also to the baptism
(washed, sanctified and
justified)'in the name of the Lord
Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor.
6:11) and certainly not in the name of the Trinity
or the Triune God. Why?
- 2nd. - Because it is clearly
proven from the many verses (previously cited), Acts
8:16, Acts 19:5, Acts 10:48, Acts 8:12, Gal 3:27,
that the "baptism" performed by the Apostles
- is always and only "in
the name of the Lord Jesus" for the
remission of sins (Acts 2:38)
- because there is no other
name under heaven given among men by which man
must be saved (Acts 4:12)
THEREFORE as it is clearly proven that all the baptism
performed by the Apostles is always and only in the
"name of the Lord Jesus" thus, we can surely conclude
that the "name" in Matthew 28:19 does not refer to the
Trinity or the Triune God.
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CONCLUSION:
It is very clear from the
preceding biblical explanation and reasoning (not
personal opinion) that
the verse Matthew 28:19 . . . .
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cannot be interpreted
to mean that the one God exists in three
divine Persons.
- and the use of
the singular noun “name” in this verse, rather than
the plural “names,” does not denote that the three
are the one unique God.
We therefore
certainly conclude that the verse Matthew 28:19, clearly
and unambiguously does not support the doctrine of the
Trinity, and does not prove the existence of the Triune
God.
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More explanation
from other sources:
The Dictionary of the Bible - Edited by James Hastings
(1963), PAGE 1015:
TRINITY, THE: The
Christian doctrine of God (q.v.) as existing in three
Persons and one Substance is not demonstrable by logic
or by scriptural proofs . . . . The term Trias was
first used by Theophilus of Antioch (c. A.D. 180),… not
found in Scripture. The chief Trinitarian text in the
New Testament is the baptismal formula in Mt. 28:19.
Note: (No one was baptized in this spirit, every one in
the bible was rather baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ. Trinitarians do not know the name of the one
spirit (God). Mt. 28:19 says baptize in the name
of.
"Mt.
28:19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the
Father, and of the
Son, and of the
Holy Ghost:"
In the
HASTING BIBLE DICTIONARY UNDER BAPTISM, PAGE 88, we find
the following true statements:
In order
to rediscover the earliest statements on Christian
baptism we must turn to Paul… 1Cor. 6:11: "But you were
washed, (or baptized) you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in
the Spirit of our God." The primitive church baptized
"IN" and "INTO" the name of "JESUS".
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