Because one is just repeating what Jesus said in Matt, the other is fulfilling it in Acts 2.

The accounts of baptism use varing wording, name of the Lord, name of the Lord Jesus, name of Jesus Christ.

Then Matthew writes about baptism. He writes this after seeing people being baptized for over twenty years in the histroy of the Christian Church., he writes in the name of the F. S. & H.G.

I sometimes think we are way more excited about what is said than God is.

Do you think when God hears and see's someone being baptized and hears name of Father Son and Holy ghost, that he is bewilderd and does not know who it is that is being referd to.

Ya all go ahead and shoot me now. I have been baptized in the name. I have baptized and will continue to baptize in the name.

I feel it is the most correct thing to "say" but I will not throw out someones sincere and real experience with God over a techncallity.

Since most of us understand the NAME is Jesus, why can't someone say it exactly as it is written in Matthew? The Name is Jesus, so why aren't they still being baptized in Jesus Name by saying "in the Name of the..."

(As I asked in another thread)

Are we disobeying Acts 2:38 if we baptize using the wording in Matthew 28:19?

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If I asked you to say Jesus Christ in Spanish and you repeated what I said would you have obeyed????????????????????????? The Apostles did NOT repeat but obeyed. Some on here are wiser than the Apostles and early church. Technicalities send folks to jail-graves-and to Hell.

Ya wonder.

A couple of thoughts come to mind. First, Jesus did command this to be done. No question concerning that.

Two, His Word is truth (John 17:17).

Three, He prayed for the disciples and those who would believe on Him through their word in John 17:18-20.

Four, Peter preached the need for baptism in Jesus name on the Day of Pentecost, with all the other eleven agreeing with him.

Five, the only way the disciples baptized in the Book of Acts, which was the beginning of the Church, was in the name of the Lord, the Lord Jesus, or Jesus. Never was there a mention of the titles Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. It is because baptism in Jesus name is the fulfillment of Matthew 28:19.

Now, if the disciples were the "preachers of the message", did they preach and practice the right or wrong message?

If it was the wrong one, then we are all in trouble, because we are supposed to believe on Christ through their word.

In light of these facts, I firmly believe the disciples preached and practiced the right message.

Is that any help?

Yes, I believe so.

So, Matthew saw baptism in Jesus name for over 20 years, yet when it came time for him to write about it he spelled it out - - maybe that was for a reason......proving that "the name" is all three.