baptizo

When Herodotus, the father of history, wrote about a boat that sank under the ocean waters, he used the word baptizo.

Swan’s Soup & Salad DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 1999

When Herodotus, the father of history, wrote about a boat that sank under the ocean waters, he used the word baptizo.

Swan’s Soup & Salad DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 1999

Actually, the Greek word baptizo means to dunk somebody under the water.

Swan’s Soup & Salad DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 1999

Actually, the Greek word baptizo means to dunk somebody under the water.

Swan’s Soup & Salad DR. DENNIS SWANBERG 1999

The church houses built and a measure of quietude secured, I then opened the book and found on page 50 this concession: "In classical use the Greek word baptizo means, to dip, plunge or immerse in any liquid; all lexicographers and critics of any note are agreed in this."

Autobiography of John G. Fee: Berea, Kentucky 1891

But enough; if the Greek word baptizo does not mean immerse neither does immerse itself mean immerse.

History of the First African Baptist Church, From its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, Etc. Emanuel King 1888

Macknight, Clarke and others that the word baptizo means immerse; that Calvin himself said,

Autobiography of John G. Fee: Berea, Kentucky 1891

In this work the word baptizo frequently occurs, and not once in a sense different from that in the examples already given from classic Greek.

History of the First African Baptist Church, From its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, Etc. Emanuel King 1888

Try them as translations of the word baptizo, and if there had been a lingering doubt before, this practical test will drive it away as chaff before the wind.

History of the First African Baptist Church, From its Organization, January 20th, 1788, to July 1st, 1888. Including the Centennial Celebration, Addresses, Sermons, Etc. Emanuel King 1888

The claim is for a 'sacred sense' of the word baptizo in the Scriptures has never been made out and is distinctly negatived by the consensus of German scholarship, as represented by Professor

Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why? 1861