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The Greek word βαπτιζω as used in the New Testament did not necessarily mean to dip into or immerse in water. It was sometimes used for washing...
I've heard it argued, as I did earlier, "It says when Jesus was baptized, he came up out of the water." That means he was submerged and he came up...
Actually, I was going on memory on the definition from the Greek for BAPTIZW - in saying that it essentially means to clean/wash. Well Liddell &...
Mark 7:4 (KJVSL) And <kai> [when they come] from <apo> the market <agora>, except <ean me> they wash <baptizo>,...
if it is accepted that the word “wash” in Mark 7 means to sprinkle, then it must be applied across the board leaving the meticulous Pharisees...
Jim, The closest I could imagine to purely Baptist translation in the HCSB, which renders it this way: Mark 7:4 When they come from the...
Originally posted by Jim1999: The word baptizo was not translated by the English translators, but is shown as baptism in most cases. ... It has...
Originally posted by Tyndale1946: Ok, then, perhaps here is the statement where some would get the idea that Christ instituted a different...
I did not say that "baptism may be legitimately done any way other than by immersion." In fact, this is why I called your statment ignorant....
Did you hear about the guy who was burried by having dirt sprinkled on his head? If anyone wants to read some real baptist scholarship on the...