A Bible History of Baptism

by Samuel J. Baird

• Jailer of Philippi, p. [456].
• Jerome on Levitical baptism, p. [194].
• Jerusalem council, p. [394].
• Jerusalem Gemara, p. [78].
• Jesus, baptized by John, p. [247];
  • his anointing, p. [254].
  • “The baptism that I am baptized with,” p. [257].
  • The great baptizer, p. [267], [297].
• John and Elijah, p. [228].
• John’s mission, p. [221].
  • His baptism no novelty, p. [21].
  • Its nature and end, p. [228].
  • Identical with that of Christ, p. [425].
  • Its mode, p. [237], [241].
• Josephus quoted, p. [156], [176], [178], [240], [250], [327].
• Judith’s story and baptism, p. [172].

• Kabala, whence derived, p. [80].
• Kābas defined, p. [117].
• Kendrick on baptizo, p. [349], [458].
• Kingdom of heaven defined, p. [267].
  • Christ’s coronation, p. [273].
• Kingdom of priests, p. [46].
• Koran quoted, p. [174].

• “Lambs in his arms,” p. [463].
• Laver of the Tabernacle, p. [129].
• Laver (loutron) of Paul, p. [323].
• Leprosy, unclean, p. [63], [161].
  • Rites of cleansing, p. [66], [163].
• Levi, Rabbi, quoted, p. [147].
• Levites baptized, p. [85].
• Levitical baptisms all one, p. [86].
• Lewis’ Origines Hebraeae quoted, p. [146], [149].
• Libation vase of Osor-Ur, p. [189].
• Life to the dead, meant by baptism, p. [92].
• Lightfoot quoted, p. [143], [146], [149].
• Living water. Its meaning, p. [31], [133], [387].
• Lord’s supper is the passover, p. [408].
• Lynch, “Dead Sea Expedition” quoted, p. [122], [125].

• Maimonides on proselyte baptism, p. [76].
• Malachi, and John, p. [291].
• Manuscripts of New Testament. Care in their transcription, p. [217].
• Maitland, “Church of the Catacombs,” p. [124].
• Market. Baptism after, p. [214].
• Marriage feast, p. [209], [211].
• Messenger of the covenant, p. [223].
• Metaphor of water, p. [89], [386].
• Midianite children, baptism, p. [81].
• Mishna described, p. [78].
• Mission of John, p. [221].
• Missions. The new spirit imparted, p. [304].
• Mode implied in the meaning of self-washing, p. [115].
• Mohammedan washing before prayer, p. [174].
• Moore, T. V., on Malachi, p. [291].
• Mosheim quoted, p. [189], [418].
• “Much water there,” p. [360].
• Murder, expiation, p. [123].
  • Among the Greeks, p. [182], [184].

• Naaman’s baptism, p. [157].
• New Testament Greek, p. [151].
• New Testament Church, how organized, p. [393], [411], [418].
• Nidda, Water of, p. [74].
• Noah saved by water, p. [333].

• Old Testament evidence summed p. [196].
• Onkelos, Targum of, p. [77].
• Order of precedence in the Godhead, p. [274].
  • Mediatorial order, p. [275].
• Ordinances of testimony in Israel, p. [54].
• Osor-Ur. Libation vase, p. [189].
• Ovid on purifyings, p. [184].

• Palestine. Central position, p. [49], [178].
  • Its geology and water, p. [120].
• Palestinian Gemara, p. [78].
• Passover described, p. [24], [410].
  • Perpetuated in the supper, p. [408].
• Pentecost, p. [297].
  • The Spirit baptism then given, p. [299], [304], [313], [318].
  • The gifts imparted, p. [313], [318].
  • The Spirit of missions then given, p. [304].
• Pharisees. The sect, p. [236], [412].
  • Their purifyings, p. [209].
• Philip and the eunuch, p. [451].
• Philo Judaeus on the Levitical baptism, p. [77], [175], [187], [327].
• Phœnicia and Israel, p. [179], [183].
• Plato quoted, p. [181], [245].
• Pliny quoted, p. [452].
• Plutarch quoted, p. [326].
• Pool’s Synopsis quoted, p. [149].
• Pouring of water. The festival, p. [143].
• Pouring water—in ablutions, p. [119], [124].
  • among the Greeks, p. [324].
• Pouring water in ritual washings of the hands, p. [123], [173].
• Prayer. Washings before, p. [173].
  • In the Koran, p. [174].
• Priesthood of Aaron, His inauguration, p. [131], [248].
  • It was no rule to Christ, p. [248].
  • Age of office, p. [249].
• Priesthood of Christ not after Aaron’s pattern, p. [250].
• Priest-kingdom, Israel, p. [46], [150].
• Priests’ self-washings not immersions, p. [128].
• Pumbaditha rabbinic seminary, p. [78].
• Purifying of Jesus and Mary, p. [84].
• Purifyings of the Jews, p. [208].
• Purifyings of things, p. [102], [136], [219].

• Rabbi.
  • Akiva, p. [213].
  • Hillel, p. [79].
  • Judah Hakkodesh, p. [78].
  • Maimonides, p. [76], [79].
  • Shammai, p. [79].
  • Solomon, p. [149].
• Rabbinic baptism of Proselytes, p. [76], [81].
• Rabbinic Schools, p. [78].
• Rabbinic traditions of the red heifer, p. [142].
• Rāhatz, defined, p. [118].
• Rantizōntai and Baptizōntai, p. [216].
• Rebaptism. Note on, p. [430].
  • of John’s disciples, p. [429].
• Red heifer. The ashes, p. [68], [69].
  • In Philo, p. [175].
  • in Josephus, p. [176].
  • Rabbinic traditions, p. [142].
• Remission. Baptism of, p. [96], [244], [318].
• Resurrection symbolized by baptism, p. [92], [257], [265].
• Resurrection and baptizo, p. [347].
• Revised Version on loutron, p. [323].
• Revival at Sinai, p. [28].
  • Baptism of the converts, p. [29].
• Revival under Hezekiah, p. [139].
  • Purifying them, p. [139].
• Revival under John’s ministry, p. [232].
• Revival of Pentecost, p. [297], [318].
• Ritual law. Its office, p. [54].
  • Its relation to the Sinai covenant, p. [56].
  • It had no immersions, p. [23], [115], [116], [119], [128], [134].
  • It remains in force, p. [393].
  • The Gentiles exempted, p. [395], [406].
  • Paul kept and enforced it, p. [396], [402].
• Rushing mighty wind of Pentecost, p. [299].

• Sacraments of the Old Testament, p. [24];
  • of the New, p. [408], [424].
• Sahagun quoted, p. [192].
• Sacrifice defined, p. [24].
• Sadducees. The sect, p. [412], [413].
• Saints. Origin of the title, p. [47], [469].
• Scrivener on the Greek MSS., p. [218].
• Sea of brass, p. [130].
• Sea water. Its meaning, p. [32].
  • Idolatrous use of it, p. [187].
• Self-washings, p. [101], [108].
  • Their relation to the sprinklings, p. [164], [105], [136].
• Separation. Water of, p. [68], [73].
• Septuagint. Its origin, p. [152].
• Seven candlesticks, p. [128], [311].
• Seven days uncleanness, p. [60], [64], [98].
• Seven sprinklings, p. [67], [98].
• Seventh day. Symbolic meaning, p. [64], [98].
• Shammai and Hillel on proselyte baptism, p. [79].
• Shasters, p. [80].
• Shātaph, defined, p. [117].
• Shaving off the hair, p, [114].
  • By Paul, p. [399].
• Sinai. The scene, p. [27].
  • The covenant, p. [42], [45].
  • Relation of the Gentiles, p. [46], [53], [56].
  • Place reserved for them, p. [46].
  • Its conditions, p. [42].
  • Its promises, p. [45].
  • The revival there, p. [28].
  • The baptism, p. [29].
• Smith’s Dictionary quoted, p. [127], [184], [188], [247], [324], [363].
• Socrates and Phaedrus, p. [245].
• Solomon, Rabbi, quoted, p. [149].
• Son of man. His kingdom, p. [267].
  • His administration, p. [338].
• Sophocles quoted, p. [325], [326].
• Sora rabbinic school, p. [78].
• Sprinkling represents rain, p. [35].
  • Its meaning, p. [88], [99].
• State of the N. T. question, p. [201].
• Susannah’s story, p. [122].

• Tābal. Its meaning, p. [79], [157].
• Tabernacle. Its symbolic structure, p. [128].
• Tabernacles. The feast of, p. [144].
• Talmud described, p. [78].
• Talmudic baptism, p. [76].
• Targums described, p. [77].
• Ten commandments, the eternal law of the covenant, p. [43].
• Tertullian quoted, p. [193], [378].
• Theodosia Earnest quoted, p. [233], [236].
• Theophrastus quoted, p. [324].
• Things purified, p. [102], [136], [219].
• Third day. Its typical meaning, p. [100].
• Thomson. The Land and the Book, p. [34].
• Tiberias rabinnic school, p. [78].
• Tongues as of fire, p. [310].
• Tongues. Other, p. [313].
• Transcription of the N. T. Care in it, p. [217].
• Transfiguration of Jesus, p. [230].
• Trinity. Order of precedence, p. [274].
  • Procession of the Spirit, p. [281].
• Typical structure of the tabernacle, p. [128].