Gargantua: I was baptized as an adult, as Jesus says we must be
Conservative til I die: Where did Jesus describe baptism as you describe it?
Gargantua claimed Jesus said we must be adults to be baptized. Conservative asked where Jesus said this.
Firstly, the Scripture you posted is not Jesus speaking, and secondly, it does not claim you must be an adult to be baptized. You've in no way supported Gargantua's claim with your post.
1,337 posted on 02/22/2006 10:40:35 AM MST by Titanites
If we seek to understand water immersion (baptism in the Greek)b'shem Y'shua
as practiced by John the Immerser, we need to understand the
Jewish culture of Mikvah at the time of Y'shua.MikvahImmersion in the mikvah has offered a gateway to purity ever since the creation of man.
The Midrash relates that after being banished from Eden, Adam sat in a river that flowed from the garden.
This was an integral part of his teshuvah (repentance) process, of his attempt at return to his original perfection.Before the revelation at Sinai, all Jews were commanded to immerse themselves in preparation for coming face to face with G-d.
Immersion in the mikvah has offered a gateway to purity ever since the creation of man
In the desert, the famed "well of Miriam" served as a mikvah. And Aaron and his sons'
induction into the priesthood was marked by immersion in the mikvah.In Temple times, the priests as well as each Jew who wished entry into the House of G-d had first to immerse in a mikvah.
On Yom Kippur, the holiest of all days, the High Priest was allowed entrance into the Holy of Holies,
the innermost chamber of the Temple, into which no other mortal could enter.
This was the zenith of a day that involved an ascending order of services, each of which was preceded by immersion in the mikvah.from chabad.org
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