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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
But, wouldn't Jesus then be saying, "Except a man be born of water and water"?
In John 3:22, right after the account of Nicodemus, it says - "After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized."
Isn't he speaking of both in a purifying sense, yet distinctly separate? Such as in Matthew 3:11? |
Since one chapter after his discourse with Nicodemus Jesus again brings up "water" in relation to receiving eternal life, I think it is safe to say that a better translation of
John 3:5 would have been, "
born of the water, even of the Spirit".
But again, I still hold that baptim is "
for the remission of sins".
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