Make disciples, and baptise them

This article discusses the meaning of ‘Baptise nations’ from the Great Commission. It argues that while the grammar can be interpreted in different ways, what the apostles actually did and taught in the New Testament makes it clear that Jesus was not commanding them to assimilate nations politically into the kingdom of God. Instead, the New Testament redefines ‘nations’ to refer to a single, supra-national body of individual disciples.