From: Wayne Leman (wleman@mcn.net)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 14:42:37 EDT
Harold responded:
>Dear Wayne,
> It is interesting that you would translate BAPTIZW as referring to the
>"washing" of anything, because I have long felt that this aspect of the
>baptismal ceremony is often overlooked. We concentrate on the
>identification with Jesus' death and resurrection, but the original
>ceremony clearly implied a washing. And the church ordinance ought to
>preserve this idea. See Acts 22:16:
I fully agree, Harold. I haven't understood this aspect of baptism for very
long (even tho there are so many clues to it in scripture), so I'm glad for
this discussion which is helping me.
Thanks,
Wayne
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