Joh 1:26 John answered them, "I baptize [only] N1in water, but among you there stands One whom you do not recognize and of whom you know nothing. [Mal_3:1]
Joh 1:27 It is He [the preeminent One] who comes after me, the N1strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie [even as His slave]."
Joh 1:28 These things occurred in Bethany across the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing], where John was baptizing.
Behold, the Lamb of God
Joh 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God N1who takes away the sin of the world! [Exo_12:3; Isa_53:7]
Joh 1:30 This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I and has priority over me, for He existed before me.'
Joh 1:31 N1I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah]; but I came baptizing N2in water so that He would be [publicly] revealed to Israel."
Joh 1:32 John gave [further] evidence [testifying officially for the record, with validity and relevance], saying, "I have seen the N1Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. [Mat_3:13-17; Mar_1:9-11; Luk_3:22-23]
Joh 1:33 I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah], but He who sent me to baptize N1in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this One is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
He said (ekeinos eipen). Explicit and emphatic pronoun as in Joh_1:8, referring to God as the one who sent John (Joh_1:6).
With the Holy Spirit (en pneumati hagiōi). “In the Holy Spirit.” Here again one needs the background of the Synoptics for the contrast between John’s baptism in water (Joh_1:26) and that of the Messiah in the Holy Spirit (Mar_1:8; Mat_3:11; Luk_3:16).
Who is the baptizer? Water or the Holy Spirit?
What was the purpose of John's baptism?
Act 2:17 'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' says God, 'THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE [divinely prompted] VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM [divinely prompted] DREAMS;
Act 2:18 EVEN ON MY BOND-SERVANTS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR OUT MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.
Act 2:19 'AND I WILL BRING ABOUT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS (attesting miracles) ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD AND FIRE AND SMOKING VAPOR.
Act 2:20 'THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES.
Act 2:21 'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord Jesus] SHALL BE SAVED (rescued spiritually).' [Joe_2:28-32]
Do you see anything about water baptism @turbosixx ?
You show me ONE verse-I give you the antithesis by showing you OTHER verses IN Scriptures.
1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Doth now save you (humas nun sōzei). Simplex verb (sōzō, not the compound diasōzō). The saving by baptism which Peter here mentions is only symbolic (a metaphor or picture as in Rom_6:2-6), not actual as Peter hastens to explain.
Not the putting away of the filth of the flesh (ou sarkos apothesis rupou). Apothesis is old word from apotithēmi (1Pe_2:1), in N.T. only here and 2Pe_1:14. Rupou (genitive of rupos) is old word (cf. ruparos, filthy, in Jas_2:2; Rev_22:11), here only in N.T. (cf. Isa_3:3; Isa_4:4). Baptism, Peter explains, does not wash away the filth of the flesh either in a literal sense, as a bath for the body, or in a metaphorical sense of the filth of the soul. No ceremonies really affect the conscience (Heb_9:13.). Peter here expressly denies baptismal remission of sin.
RWP
1) "The like figure whereunto even." (ho) which (ark) (Gk. kai humas antitupon) even to us a figure or antitype is. The ark, place of safety, was Christ, not the water. True faith works by love to the saving of the life for God, Gal_5:6-7.
Do you see it?
Yours in Christ.
J.
Joh 1:27 It is He [the preeminent One] who comes after me, the N1strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie [even as His slave]."
Joh 1:28 These things occurred in Bethany across the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing], where John was baptizing.
Behold, the Lamb of God
Joh 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God N1who takes away the sin of the world! [Exo_12:3; Isa_53:7]
Joh 1:30 This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I and has priority over me, for He existed before me.'
Joh 1:31 N1I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah]; but I came baptizing N2in water so that He would be [publicly] revealed to Israel."
Joh 1:32 John gave [further] evidence [testifying officially for the record, with validity and relevance], saying, "I have seen the N1Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. [Mat_3:13-17; Mar_1:9-11; Luk_3:22-23]
Joh 1:33 I did not recognize Him [as the Messiah], but He who sent me to baptize N1in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this One is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
He said (ekeinos eipen). Explicit and emphatic pronoun as in Joh_1:8, referring to God as the one who sent John (Joh_1:6).
With the Holy Spirit (en pneumati hagiōi). “In the Holy Spirit.” Here again one needs the background of the Synoptics for the contrast between John’s baptism in water (Joh_1:26) and that of the Messiah in the Holy Spirit (Mar_1:8; Mat_3:11; Luk_3:16).
Who is the baptizer? Water or the Holy Spirit?
What was the purpose of John's baptism?
Act 2:17 'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' says God, 'THAT I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE [divinely prompted] VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM [divinely prompted] DREAMS;
Act 2:18 EVEN ON MY BOND-SERVANTS, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR OUT MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy.
Act 2:19 'AND I WILL BRING ABOUT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS (attesting miracles) ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD AND FIRE AND SMOKING VAPOR.
Act 2:20 'THE SUN SHALL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD COMES.
Act 2:21 'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord Jesus] SHALL BE SAVED (rescued spiritually).' [Joe_2:28-32]
Do you see anything about water baptism @turbosixx ?
You show me ONE verse-I give you the antithesis by showing you OTHER verses IN Scriptures.
1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Doth now save you (humas nun sōzei). Simplex verb (sōzō, not the compound diasōzō). The saving by baptism which Peter here mentions is only symbolic (a metaphor or picture as in Rom_6:2-6), not actual as Peter hastens to explain.
Not the putting away of the filth of the flesh (ou sarkos apothesis rupou). Apothesis is old word from apotithēmi (1Pe_2:1), in N.T. only here and 2Pe_1:14. Rupou (genitive of rupos) is old word (cf. ruparos, filthy, in Jas_2:2; Rev_22:11), here only in N.T. (cf. Isa_3:3; Isa_4:4). Baptism, Peter explains, does not wash away the filth of the flesh either in a literal sense, as a bath for the body, or in a metaphorical sense of the filth of the soul. No ceremonies really affect the conscience (Heb_9:13.). Peter here expressly denies baptismal remission of sin.
RWP
1) "The like figure whereunto even." (ho) which (ark) (Gk. kai humas antitupon) even to us a figure or antitype is. The ark, place of safety, was Christ, not the water. True faith works by love to the saving of the life for God, Gal_5:6-7.
Do you see it?
Yours in Christ.
J.