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==Biblical definition==

==Biblical definition==

Biblical accounts of baptism, with some degree of detail, often include phrases describing the person(s) as going into or coming out of water.  This, along with the biblical comparison of baptism to burial, is part of their contention that the early Church practiced full immersion. The word itself is generally recognized by linguists as meaning to immerse or sink.<ref>http://biblehub.com/greek/907.htm</ref> However, many dispute this translation, and say it simply means to wash. For this reason, some Christians baptize by pouring or sprinkling, while others use immersion. By those who support the "washing" definition, it is believed that the wording in Matthew's Gospel that Jesus "went straighway out of the water," (per the King James Version) means only that he ascended the banks of the Jordan River following his baptism.

Biblical accounts of baptism, with some degree of detail, often include phrases describing the person(s) as going into or coming out of water.  This, along with the biblical comparison of baptism to burial, is part of their contention that the early Church practiced full immersion. The word itself is generally recognized by linguists as meaning to immerse or sink.<ref>http://biblehub.com/greek/907.htm</ref> However, many dispute this translation, and say it simply means to wash. For this reason, some Christians baptize by pouring or sprinkling, while others use immersion. By those who support the "washing" definition, it is believed that the wording in Matthew's Gospel that Jesus "went straightway out of the water," (per the King James Version) means only that he ascended the banks of the Jordan River following his baptism.

==See also==

==See also==