The New Testament gives us many examples of people being baptised.

They include:

• 3000 on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:41)
• men and women in Samaria (Acts 8:12)
• a sorcerer called Simon (Acts 8:13)
• a eunuch visiting from Ethiopia (Acts 8:36-38)
• the apostle Paul (Acts 9:18)
• Cornelius and his relatives and close friends (Acts 10:47-48)
• Lydia (a rich business woman) and her household (Acts 16:14-15)
• a jailor from Philippi and his household (Acts 16:33)
• Crispus (the leader of the synagogue in Corinth) with his household and many others from Corinth (Acts 18:8; 1 Cor 1:14) including Gaius and the household of Stephanus (1 Cor 1:14, 16)
• some disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus (Acts 19:5)