Are Sprinkling And Pouring Scriptural Modes Of Baptizing?
1. The Greek word rendered ‘baptize’ or ‘baptism’ means immerision (see any Greek lexicon). 2. The Biblical examples of individuals being baptized support immersion: (a) Much water was necessary (John 3:23). (b) The need to ‘arise’ to be baptized (one doesn’t have to move for sprinkling or pouring to take place) (Acts 22:16). (c) Both baptizer and the person being baptized went down into the water together (Acts 8:36-38). (d) Baptism is described as a burial (Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12-13). (e) The word “baptized” is used in connection with being completely enveloped (1 Corinthians 10:1-2). (f) From the standpoint of history, sprinkling and pouring originated long after the days of the apostles and the completion of the New Testament.
