Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilt
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, alo