The word in Scripture

Baptism in the Bible

The word baptism appears 22 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Baptism is the washing that signifies dying and rising with Christ. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What baptism means in the Bible

Baptism is the washing that signifies dying and rising with Christ.

Where the word baptism appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word baptism appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”Matthew 3:7

“The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?”Matthew 21:25

“John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.”Mark 1:4

“The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.”Mark 11:30

“And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;”Luke 3:3

“And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.”Luke 7:29

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.”Romans 6:4

“One Lord, one faith, one baptism,”Ephesians 4:5