2:41 (A) When were these three thousand odd repentant sinners baptized?
2:41 (A) When were these three thousand odd repentant sinners baptized?
The word then here indicates that they were baptized on the day of Pentecost, immediately after Peter finished preaching the gospel to them in V40 (CP V36-40).
The importance of baptism in God's redemptive plan was not lost on the first century church as it is today. Commencing with Peter, the church back then stressed baptism as an integral part of their gospel message, and baptized repentant sinners immediately they confessed their faith in Jesus (CP Ac 8:12, 36-38; 9:17-18; 10:44-48; 16:14:15, 30-34; 18:8; 19:1-5).
On the basis of what happened in all those scriptures it is reasonable to believe that the three thousand odd repentant sinners in Ac 2:41 were also baptized the day they were saved. And their numbers were added to the original one hundred and twenty disciples from the upper room who had all been baptized with the Holy Spirit, as the foundation members of the New Testament church (CP Ac 2:41-42).
See also comments on Mt 28:19-20 (B); 1Pe 3:18-21, and author's study Water Baptism in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith.
(B) Did these repentant sinners get baptized with the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues also?
Although scripture is silent in this regard it is reasonable to assume that they did receive the Spirit baptism simply because it was their expectation as part of Peter's gospel message "…repent and be baptized…and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (CP V36-39).
This promise is for every repentant sinner from the day of Pentecost onward until God's redemptive plan is fulfilled in the very last repentant sinner saved. We cannot just assume because scripture does not say that they too spoke in tongues as the one hundred and twenty from the upper room did, that they did not receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit.
See also comments on Ac 2:1-4 (A) and 2:1-4 (B).