Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

Yeah, so he is starting this movement of group repentance, right?

Yeah, so he is starting this movement of group repentance, right?

Yeah, so he is starting this movement of group repentance, right?

Where he is saying—so baptism isn't necessarily an unusual thing to do in ancient Judaism. Like, ablution cleaning is part of just ritualistic purity. The Jews—the ancient Jews were obsessed with ritualistic purity. And then you have groups like the Essenes out in the desert who were—they're like— We were just going to do this all day long.

Where he is saying—so baptism isn't necessarily an unusual thing to do in ancient Judaism. Like, ablution cleaning is part of just ritualistic purity. The Jews—the ancient Jews were obsessed with ritualistic purity. And then you have groups like the Essenes out in the desert who were—they're like— We were just going to do this all day long.

Where he is saying—so baptism isn't necessarily an unusual thing to do in ancient Judaism. Like, ablution cleaning is part of just ritualistic purity. The Jews—the ancient Jews were obsessed with ritualistic purity. And then you have groups like the Essenes out in the desert who were—they're like— We were just going to do this all day long.

Like we're basically, we're going to, there's bads everywhere in Qumran, which is their community. Yeah. And they're just constantly washing themselves for ritual purity. Got it. So it's not that. John the Baptist is doing something unusual. It's that he is then saying that Israel communally needs to repent and that you need to be doing this there for this reason and that

Like we're basically, we're going to, there's bads everywhere in Qumran, which is their community. Yeah. And they're just constantly washing themselves for ritual purity. Got it. So it's not that. John the Baptist is doing something unusual. It's that he is then saying that Israel communally needs to repent and that you need to be doing this there for this reason and that

Like we're basically, we're going to, there's bads everywhere in Qumran, which is their community. Yeah. And they're just constantly washing themselves for ritual purity. Got it. So it's not that. John the Baptist is doing something unusual. It's that he is then saying that Israel communally needs to repent and that you need to be doing this there for this reason and that

Then this Jesus guy shows up and he says he's the one that is the reason why I'm doing this.

Then this Jesus guy shows up and he says he's the one that is the reason why I'm doing this.

Then this Jesus guy shows up and he says he's the one that is the reason why I'm doing this.

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I mean, that's not explicitly said one way or the other. But Jesus shows up and asks John to baptize him. And John says, I'm not worthy to baptize you. So he knows. You should be baptizing me, not the other way around. Got it. Yeah. But he would have at least heard something. Because we have this story where Mary finds out she's pregnant.

I mean, that's not explicitly said one way or the other. But Jesus shows up and asks John to baptize him. And John says, I'm not worthy to baptize you. So he knows. You should be baptizing me, not the other way around. Got it. Yeah. But he would have at least heard something. Because we have this story where Mary finds out she's pregnant.