There is no water there...We are washed by regeneration, not water...
The word in Greek is lutrou, which means bath. Titus literally says “bath of regeneration.” Sounds like water to me (and the Church, too - it’s always been understood as a reference to baptism).
Ever been bathed in sunlight??? Bath does not always mean water...And in this case a person is bathed in regeneration, not water...
Here's Cornelius:::
Act 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
Act 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
Act 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Cornelius and his crew were bathed of regeneration and afterward got dunked in the water (as a testimony of their regeneration)...
8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Act 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believeth with all thine heart, (and ONLY if thou first believeth) thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
The Eunuch was bathed in regeneration thru his belief and THEN jumped in the lake...
Regeneration happens thru belief and then we are baptized...After we are bathed in regeneration...