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About baptisms. The Law had many baptisms or immersions of the body in water. Jewish Christians would connect these with Christian baptism in their thinking (see notes on Acts 19:3). The basic idea in them is purity. Compare Hebrews 10:22. The laying on of hands. Johnson sees in this the gifts from the Spirit by the apostles' hands (Acts 8:17). But Jewish Christians might also connect it with the ritual of laying hands on the sacrifice being offered in the Temple. Of the raising. One of the first lessons of the Good News. It formed an important part of preaching the message (Acts 17:18). The eternal judgment. This went along with the raising of the dead. Compare Jude 1:14-15.

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