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NASB | Luke 1:5 ¶ In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 1:5 ¶ In the days of Herod [the Great], king of Judea, there was a certain priest whose name was Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was a descendant of Aaron [the first high priest of Israel], and her name was Elizabeth. |
Subject: John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? |
Bible Note: The nomenclature you are using is out of place in this context. Did you suppose that John's baptism was Christian baptism? Jesus and John were very Jewish. By today's standards they would be considered orthodox Jews. John's message was a call for repentance because the Kingdom of God was coming (Matthew 3:3). Jesus' message was a call for repentance because the Kingdom of God was (is) here (Mark 1:15). Today the Mikveh and John's baptism would probably have some varying thoughts behind them if you looked at them on "equal" footing. After all, Jews have been thinking and changing over these 20 centuries. However, in the Mikveh the proselyte goes into the water with an old identity, and rises out of it with a new identity. He dies to the old life of a gentile and rises to a new life of a child of the covenant. Sound familiar? So, was John's baptism one of Judaism or one of Christianity? The answer is "Yes." :-) |