Lesson 671

(Lesson 671)(06-19-13) The next six applications of a variation of the term "baptize" is found in Mark 10:38-39, But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:"

These references are Mark's account of the same usages that appear in Matthew 20:22-23 and every one of the six clearly demonstrate that both the "cup" and the "baptism" Jesus refers to herein defines His then, forthcoming, sacrificial ordeal. These usages do not, in any way, imply the use of water.

However, these usages, again, make it vividly clear that the Greek term baptizO, from which our English word baptize was transliterated, has many different intents as it is applied in the New Testament.~