By the law given through Moses the Jews baptized with water.[64] John the Baptist was sent to baptize Jews with water.[65] But no one was sent to Baptize us Gentiles with water. God sent his son to baptize us with the Holy Spirit. All flesh, Jews and Gentiles, are objects of this one baptism.[66] This is the one baptism of the Gospel and we know of no other.[67] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 48: Bancroft's Native Races; Vol. 2, P. 260; Vol. 2, P. 269; Vol. 2, P. 282] [Footnote 49: Vol. 3, P. 370] [Footnote 50: Under Baptism] [Footnote 51: Mat. 15.2, 3; Mark 7.5, 9] [Footnote 52: Mat. 3.5, 6] [Footnote 53: The Jewish People in the time of Christ Vol. 2, P. 320] [Footnote 54: Christian Institutions P. 6] [Footnote 55: Primitive Culture by Tylor Vol. 2, P. 440; Vol. 2, P. 441] [Footnote 56: Heb. 9.10; Gal. 4.9] [Footnote 57: Jon. 13.4, 17] [Footnote 58: Acts 1.5; Acts 11.16] [Footnote 59: Epistle of Jon. 4.8, 16; Mat. 18.2, 4; Mark 10.13, 16; Luke 18.16] [Footnote 60: Britanica] [Footnote 61: Mark 10.13, 16; Luke 18.16] [Footnote 62: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 1, P. 219] [Footnote 63: Jon. 13.1, 15] [Footnote 64: Exodus 29.4, 40.12] [Footnote 65: Leviticus 8.4, 6; Jon. 1.31, 33] [Footnote 66: Jon. 1.33, 34; Acts 2.17, 18; Acts 10.45; Acts 11.15, 16] [Footnote 67: Joel 2.28] JOHN'S BAPTISM. John the Baptist was sent before Christ to prepare the way before him.[68] John was a prophet of dispensation previous to Christ.[69] He was in the desert until the time of his showing unto Israel.[70] In the vision he was with Moses on the Mount and they talked with Jesus.[71] He with Moses vanished and left Jesus alone.[72] John said: That he (Jesus) should be manifest unto Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.[73] John defines his commission as only to Israel (the Jews). His baptism was adapted to Jews only and not to us, who according to Jewish classification are Gentiles. Evidently John baptised Jews only and no Gentiles. It was unlawful for Jews to keep company or come unto Gentiles and there is no intimation that John ignored this Jewish law.[74] The woman of Samaria wondered that Jesus (a Jew) asked water of her, a Samaritan, for Jews had no dealings with Samaritans.[75] Even in apostolic times we have no record that any full Gentile was baptized with water; nor that any one born of Christian parents was so baptized. Cruden says: Naaman, Cornelius and the Eunuch were all proselytes of the gate and not full Gentiles.[76] The Samaritans were a mixed race who observed the law of Moses. They also were Jewish proselytes and not full Gentiles.[77] When the Jews numbered the people they did not count the Gentiles. So all Jerusalem and Judea whom John baptized would not include the few Gentiles who lived among the Jews.[78] The freedom with which the Jews followed John to the Jordan indicates that they were previously familiar with water baptism.[79]