Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Romans 6:4
We are buried with him by baptism into death. The argument is that
a burial implies death. Baptism is a burial, therefore its subject has
died. As Christ died through sin, we die to sin; as the Crucified
Christ was buried, we who have died to sin through the gospel are
buried with him. As death and burial separate from the natural life, so
death to sin and burial into Christ should completely sever our
relation to sin.
That like as Christ was raised up from the dead. The glorious power
of the Father lifted up Christ from the tomb. So we, too, rise from the
watery burial, with death and burial between us and the old life of
sin, in order to "walk in newness of life". Conybeare and Howson write:
``This passage cannot be understood unless it is borne in mind
that the primitive baptism was by immersion.'
Dr. Philip Schaff says:
``That the custom of baptism by immersion is alluded to is
generally admitted, but the emersion is as significant as the
immersion.'
Godet states:
``It seems to us very probable that the apostle alludes to the
external form of the baptismal rite in the primitive
church.'
And John Wesley says:
``The apostle alludes to the ancient manner of baptizing by
immersion.'
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 6:56
Romans 4:25
Romans 6:4
Romans 7:6
Romans 8:1
Romans 8:3
Romans 8:17
Romans 10:9
Romans 14:9
1 Corinthians 15:29
Galatians 5:24
Ephesians 5:14
Colossians 2:12
2 Timothy 2:11
Titus 3:5
1 Peter 1:2
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