Baptism Question

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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

Which NT writers used the first mention principle to interpret scripture ??

Which early church fathers used it ??

Church Father's? Like Justin Martyr, Philo of Alexandria, Tertullian?

Apparently the Apostle Paul, and the Apostle Peter also, Jesus also used it they all went back to creation and used the Old Testament. They didn't go into every aspect of detail but only referenced you back to the past and the first mention of what was said they built off of. They didn't explain creation all over again in detail, but referenced you back there over and over again reminding you of the first mention. In that you know what they meant.

But Eaaias is right there is no scripture that spells it out. But we see the New Testament is full of it. Acts 2:38 was a declaring forth of what Jesus had promised Peter in Matthew 16:13-19 that was the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven proclaimed and revealed. Which Jesus foreshadowed in Matthew 28:19, John 3:5-8, Mark 16:16-18, and Luke 24:47, but we see revealed here. That first mention was very important because it was a fulfillment of all of these scriptures. Jesus gave one in every gospel, so whatever was shed forth on that day they were endued with Power from on high came from on high, and that was Jesus Himself that caused that to be declared that day. I believe that's pretty important.

And think of how non sensical that Everytime baptism was written of, that Luke would've wrote out Acts 2:38 word for word. Saying for the remission of sins. That would be ludicrous you wouldnt write a letter to someone and every time you referenced what you did that day, that you would go in detail fully all over again word for word not even if it was pages apart from the other reference. That would be annoying at best. So in the other references he's just using something that could relate what was being done, "they we're baptized in the name of the Lord JESUS, OR Christ, or in the name of the Lord" and by doing that we know of what was done in Acts 2:38 and we can understand what is being related.

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Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

Which NT writers used the first mention principle to interpret scripture ??

Which early church fathers used it ??

I guess the better question would be "how many writers of the scripture knew what they were writing would be the scripture?" Because in the OT I can only say Moses, and in the New Testament only the Apostle John. The rest were letters or written as Chronicles of history. Well on second thought maybe the prophets but I don't know for sure they were trying to declare forth and write it down but not for the sake of writing scripture for the Torah or the Bible though. So the law of first mention would be very important in those cases.