Newport daily independent., 1902-05-30
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 Again, the text says that they were baptized at once upon hearing the words of Paul Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy house x and was baptized, he and all his straightway re- joiced believing with all his house, " with the women and the servants and the children.
 Time forbids us to speak in par ticular at this time of the baptism of Cornelius the centurion, whose bap- tism is especially suggestive of the baptism of the Holy Ghost, which was so closely allied to it in his case both in time and deed.
 Also the baptism of the 5000 by Peter and the other apostles on the day of Pentecost i'll Jerusalem, where there is no stream possibly large enough to immerse them, and at a time of persecution when such an act had to be done quickly on account of the virulence and vigilance of the au- thorities. Besides the physical task of immersing such number (3,000) under such time of persecution by 12 men, if it were proven that the streams or pools were available.
 V.--But we wish to speak a word n6 meaning of the Greek word, baptidzo. And by way of general application we would say that the weight of author ity of these heathen Greek writers that are quoted, in order to satisfy yourself you will have to investigate them all yourself, or take my word or some other persons word in whom you may have the most confidence.
 Our declaration after a careful and painstaking investigation is that the word even in the heathen or classic Greek sometimes meaus to wash, to sprinkle, to dip or plunge, having a general meaning, which signifies the application of water in some way.
 In no case have we found immerse to be the logical translation from the Greek word baptidzo, as was shown in the above examples.
 But as we said in the beginning, we are willing to appeal to scripture alone in confirmation of our thesis. Let us see if baptidzo can mean im- merse in the following passages of scripture:
 Tn Matt 3:11 John the Baptist says "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost" As we have seen, can it possibly be contended that the dis ciples were immersed with the holy ghost, by being taken and dipped into it, as into water?
 In fulfllment of this prophecy of the baptism of the Holy Ghost, Peter quotes in Acts 2-17. q will pour out my spirit'' so that baptidzo means "pour out" here at least. Again in verse 33, "He hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear" Again baptidzei means ssshed forth. Again John the Baptist said that Christ was ''Ho baptidzon, He who baptizeth with the holy ghost. Peter says in Acts 2:17, that this prophecy and that of Joel were fulfilled in the words ''I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh" Again Baptidzo is translated by ''pouring out" These are not my translations but those of scripture itself, Of. References, 1.-Acts 2:17, 2.-Acts 2;33, 80 baptidzon-2:17, 4.-Acts 1:5.
 In Acts 1:5 Christ himself says to his disciples. "Ye shall be bap tis- tha-ses-the with the holy ghost"-the future passive tense of "baptidzo." And how did He himself baptize them with the Holy Ghost from Heaven? By pouring out or by effusion. So here are several instances in the new testament where the word baptidzo is clearly and directly translated "pour out,n "shed forth,' sfell on them;" is it once interpreted or translated by scripture "immerse2n Not once.
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