Did Jesus baptize?
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Answer 1
Not that we know of.
What we do know is that He established a Church, called and ordained apostles to be witnesses and representatives of Jesus Christ throughout the world, and called and ordained seventy to preach His gospel and baptize.
Significantly, among the last words of instruction Jesus gave to his apostles and disciples were these:
“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”
- Mark 16: 15–16
We also know that John the Baptist said he had been sent to prepare the way for the Lord (Jesus) by baptizing by water but Jesus would baptize by fire.
We also know that Jesus said that his own baptism at the hands of John was to “fulfill all righteousness” even though as a sinless being, He had no need to receive a remission of His sins.
Jesus also taught that we have to be born again by water (baptism) and the Spirit (the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost) to enter the kingdom of heaven
In his epistle to the Corinthians, Paul talked about how he hadn’t baptized any there but a few.
So my conclusion would be that Jesus taught his disciples the importance of baptism, and essentially delegated the responsibility for baptizing to His apostles and the seventy (and probably other leaders of the Church of that day) - namely to those to whom He gave the Priesthood, which is the authorization and delegation to act in His name and stead, including to baptize converts.
The apostles then did the same (teach the importance of baptism and ordained Church leaders to the Priesthood delegating to them the authority to baptize and lay on hands for the Gift of the Holy Ghost) as they preached the new Gospel of Jesus Christ and established the Church throughout the known world.
This conclusion is consistent with and supported by both the New Testament and by common sense, and yet is not generally taught in its entirety in the Christianity of today except by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This is but one example of the kinds of clarifications that have been made known in rich abundance to latter-day apostles and prophets as part of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as prophesied by Peter in Acts 3:21.