Passage of the Day - January 9, 2013

Luke 11:37-41

³⁷ Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. ³⁸ When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. ³⁹ But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
⁴⁰ You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? ⁴¹ But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.

The Greek word used in verse 38 regarding washing is ἐβαπτίσθη or ebaptisthē or he washed.  But did the ceremonial washing include submerging the hands into water as submersion?  The translation of baptize offers various meanings.  Here a form of the word βαπτίζω, or baptize, is used, but the attached video shows what this ceremonial washing looks like:

 

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