{"id":3316,"date":"2025-03-02T18:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T01:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-baptizes-Jesus.png"},"modified":"2025-03-02T18:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T01:16:16","slug":"john-baptizes-jesus","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/2025\/03\/02\/e-v-i-c-team-2-declares-a-rebuttal-requiem-driving-home-the-last-spike\/john-baptizes-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"John baptizes Jesus"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-3316","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-baptizes-Jesus.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-baptizes-Jesus-300x241.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-baptizes-Jesus-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-baptizes-Jesus-150x120.png 150w, https:\/\/novus2.com\/righteouscause\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/John-baptizes-Jesus.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration of Jesus Christ being Baptised by John the Baptist in the Jordan River from the Antique 1909 Edition of The Children&#8217;s Book of the New Testament Story by Mrs C.D. Francis.<\/p>\n<p>The baptism of Jesus, detailed in Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, Luke 3:21-22, and John 1:29-34 (ESV), sparks a question: did John pour water over Jesus\u2019 head or dip Him fully underwater? The Gospels don\u2019t spell out the mechanics with IKEA-level precision, but clues lean hard toward immersion. Matthew 3:16 says, \u201cAnd when Jesus was baptized, immediately he came up out of the water\u201d\u2014ek tou hydatos (Greek, \u201cout of the water\u201d) implies He was in it, not just splashed (BDAG, G1537). Mark 1:10 echoes this: \u201che came up out of the water\u201d (anabain\u014d, G305, \u201cto ascend\u201d), a verb tied to rising from submersion, not a sprinkle (Vine\u2019s Expository Dictionary). 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