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21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been adone in God.”  

John the Baptist Exalts Christ

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them aand baptized.  
23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near aSalim, because there was much water there. bAnd they came and were baptized.  
24 For aJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.  
25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.
26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, ato whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all bare coming to Him!”  
27 John answered and said, a“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.  
28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, a‘I am not the Christ,’ but, b‘I have been sent before Him.’  
29 aHe who has the bride is the bridegroom; but bthe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.  
30 aHe must increase, but I must decrease.  
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John 3:23

John 3:23, Matthew 3:16, and Acts 8:38 give conclusive proof that the original method of baptism was by immersion. John needed an abundance of water to cover his followers completely. Jesus' example shows that He "came up . . . from the water" because He had been in it. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch "went down into the water." In addition, "baptize," from the Greek baptizo, means "to immerse," "plunge into" or "put into." Two entirely different words are used in the Greek text to refer to pouring (cheo) or sprinkling (rantizo).

Richard T. Ritenbaugh
Basic Doctrines: Water Baptism

Related Topics: Baptism | Baptism as Symbol of Death | Baptism by Immersion | Baptizo | Basic Doctrines | Basic Doctrines: Baptism | Cheo | Immersion, Baptism by | Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch | Pouring | Rantizo | Sprinkling




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