Subject: Which method of baptism Bible supported? |
Bible Note: Read Mark 7:4, Luke 11:38, Hebrews 9:10 ... I'll go over these points again. As you study the Bible, forget waht man has taught you, study the Bible and pray that God will teach you the truth. Mark 7:4 translates baptizo into wash. "And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables." Moreover, in Luke 11:38 we read: "And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner." In this passage, the word "wash" is the Greek word baptizo which also ordinarily is translated as "baptize." Likewise, in Hebrews 9:10 we read: "Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation." Verses clearly shows that the word "washing" is a correct translation. Furthermore, there is no implication of dipping or immersion. For example, "tables" (Mark 7:4) are not dipped or immersed to clean them. These passages, therefore, show us that in the Bible the word "baptize" means to wash or cleanse or purify. These washings of the Pharisees before dinner and the washing of cups, pots, brazen vessels, and tables are all related to the ceremonial cleansings of the Old Testament. This is intimated by the language of Luke 11:39-40, which immediately follows the verse dealing with Pharisees washing before dinner. Jesus says: And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? This agrees with what we read in Hebrews 9:10, which declares that these Old Testament washings (and the Pharisees were attempting to keep as perfectly as possible the Old Testament ceremonial laws), stood only as carnal ordinances. |