The Hebraic word "Shêm" / "Shem"

Some other examples of different spellings and pronunciations …

The term “immersion” (or “baptism”), aka does not always specify a Mikvah, “Water Immersion”, (Plural: Mikveh), which is done frequently by some. There’s no such thing in the Biblical Faith as “dunk once in a lifetime and that’s it”. That’s a human invented doctrine. One can cite what they want for a Mikvah, or nothing at all (you can dunk quietly).

So we don’t see support that verses like Matthew 28:19 and Mark 16:16, and I have long viewed Acts 2:38 especially in the same manner.

We note that Acts 2:38 is, and has been, rendered differently across the World throughout time, and there are different source texts used for the receptive languages (i.e. translations).

BUT! The AENT Bible offers a textual note as to why Acts 2:38 may be referring to a Mikvah, or additional one (Cp. Acts 1:5, 11:16):

`Simon was preaching from the steps of the Temple in Jerusalem. Just below him were hundreds of "mikveh" (“immersion”) baths. Both the steps he spoke from and the baths are visible today outside the Western Wall. In Peter’s day baptism wasn’t an act of conversion from one religion to another, but an act of purification from sin. A person repented of their sin, prayed, and then entered into the waters of the mikveh to symbolize atonement.`

Perhaps the location is a coincidence, or SImon meant for them to go to the Mikveh Baths?

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