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Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson
Otherwise , what will they do who are baptized for the dead ,if the dead do not rise at all ,What then are they baptizing for the dead ? 1 COR. 15 :29 NKJV
Now I understand a large portion of 1 . Cor 15 deals with the resurrection of the dead ,and the effects of denial of the resurrection , and so forth.
But why does verse 29 mention baptizing for the dead ,surely the early church didn't vicariously baptize for dead people ?
Why is baptism for the dead mentioned in verse 29 ?
It does seems rather odd that this is mentioned in this passage of scripture. |
Their were religious sects prominent in Israel at the time of Jesus.
The Pharisees & the Saducees.
The Saducees did not believe in a resurection and some of them who were getting saved were coming into the Church yet still holding forth that doctrine of no resurection.
Why were they being baptised if they didn't believe they were going to rise again?