Answered by marie
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Mar. 30, 2014 12:05
Dear Ntsinyi,
I send you this article about Baptism. Maybe you will like it.
Origins and Meaning of Baptism
Originally, Christian baptism was practiced by total immersion. The Bible account of the Ethiopian official baptized by Philip helps us to appreciate that fact. After learning of the identity of the Christ, the official, seeing a body of water, said: “What hinders my being immersed?” (Acts 8:26-39, The Emphatic Diaglott) Here the Greek root for “immersed” is ba·pti′zo—meaning “to plunge,” “to immerse”—from which the English word “baptize” is derived. This refers to complete immersion. The fact that baptism is likened to burial emphasizes this point. (Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12) Interestingly, several French translators of the Bible (for example, Chouraqui and Pernot) call John the Baptizer John the Immerser.—See the footnote for Matthew 3:1 in the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References.
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Greetings
Marie
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