Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 16:16
16. He that believeth Accepts the good news as the ground of his action. And is baptized Baptized in the true spirit of the ordinance. For the external baptism by water is a public profession that the baptism by spirit has taken place. It is a professional outward consecration indicating an inward consecration of soul and body to the blessed Trinity. It is an emblematical regeneration figuring a real and spiritual regeneration. It is a figurative washing away of the sin, correspondent to... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.And is baptized — In token thereof. Every one that believed was baptized.But he that believeth not — Whether baptized or unbaptized, shall perish everlastingly. read more