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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 3:6
Description: Friday, 30 August 2024
and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. Matthew 3:6
“and they were immersed in the Jordan by him, acknowledging their sins” (CG).
The previous verse noted that Jerusalem, all Judea, and the region around the Jordan went out to John the Baptist. With that remembered, the thought now continues with “and they were immersed.”
The word baptizó, to baptize, is now used for the first time in the New Testament. It is a transliteration of the Greek word. Its English meaning is “t...