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Matthew 28:19 & Acts2:38 | How are we to understand the references to baptism in these texts?

ETB Quarterly Q&A

April 27, 2022 • Keith R. Blades, Josh Strelecki • Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38

"How are we to understand the references to baptism in the following texts: Acts 2:38 (baptized in “Jesus’ name”); Matthew 28:19 (baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost)? Why are they not the same?"

Exodus 3:5 & Joshua 5:15 | Why is Moses told to “put off thy shoes (plural) from off thy feet (plura

July 12, 2023 • Keith R. Blades, Josh Strelecki • Exodus 3:5, Joshua 5:15

The accounts of Moses encountering God at the burning bush and that of Joshua encountering “the captain of the LORD’s host” at Jericho have some similarities to them. But why is Moses told to “put off thy shoes (plural) from off thy feet (plural),” while Joshua is told to “Loose thy shoe (singular) from off thy foot (singular)”?

Exodus 32:1-4 | Besides being an idol, it seems that there must have been some special significance

July 10, 2023 • Keith R. Blades, Josh Strelecki • Exodus 32:1–4

Besides being an idol, it seems that there must have been some special significance to the “molten calf” that Aaron made and fashioned. What was it? And why when it was a “calf” did the people say “These be thy gods, O Israel,” speaking of it in the plural?

Job 38:31 | What are the “sweet influences of Pleiades” and the “bands of Orion”? And why does God a

July 7, 2023 • Keith R. Blades, Josh Strelecki • Job 38:31

What are the “sweet influences of Pleiades” and the “bands of Orion”? And why does God ask Job if he can “bind” the one or “loose” the other?