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Originally Posted by Chan
But we must not mix the two together. In the passage you quoted from Acts "names" appears to be a stand-in for "persons" or "people." In Matthew 28:19, "name" appears to be strictly limited to "authority" or "power." |
In the context sure. But generally speaking people or persons have names. Names represent persons. The name of Jesus represents Him as well as it represents His authority given to him.
In
Matthew 28 Jesus starts off with "All power in heaven and earth is given to
me...THEREFORE" and what follows the therefore is the part about baptising in the name.
When He was born it was said "shall call HIS name Jesus for HE shall save HIS people from their sins"...
The only reason in Acts they could use names to count persons is because of that principle....persons have names and we give names to persons. The name represents that person, who they are. And in the case of Jesus it represents what he is (savior) and that name represents the authority given to Him personally