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NASB | Luke 3:3 And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 3:3 And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin; |
Bible Question: RE; baptism--why were people going to John to be baptised? The old test. says the priests were to be cleansed but the general population were to be circumcised. Why were people coming to be baptised?--angel1 |
Bible Answer: Romans 2:25ÊÊÊCircumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. The covenant of circumcision seemed to be the Old Covenant of the law .... but those who had been circumcised broke the law and so needed to repent and have the Lord repair their hearts and lives, baptism was a way for them to come forward and declare their need for God and ask for His forgivness and new life through Jesus Christ. .... what do you think, angel? |