Question: Is there a baptismal formula that must be recited when one is baptized? Regarding Matt. 28:19: 1. Disciples are those who hear, understand, and obey Jesus' teaching (Matt. 12:46-50). 2. "Suggests a coming-into-relationship with or a coming-under-the- Lordship-of" (BEC[Carson].597). a. Dependence upon them. Acknowledgement of the authority of the word of God. 3. The term "baptismal formula" trips us up. No evidence that either these exact words, or those of Acts 2:38, contain a formula that must be recited word for word. Acts 2:38 McGarvey.: in the name of Jesus Christ--to show that it is under his authority that they were to be immersed. (p.40)