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FAQ # 51

QUESTION  51 :  What does "baptized for the dead" (1 Corinthians 15:29) means?

The Greek word “for” in the  above verse was translated from the word ‘uper;’ which literally means, in behalf of, for the sake of. 

“It has been asserted that the apostle was referring to some religious ceremony that had risen up in the churches; persons were being baptized for those who had died unbaptized. Certainly there is no scriptural direction for such an ordinance, nor is there any proof that such a ceremonial was ever practiced in [the] New Testament times, nor if it did, that the apostle would have argued from it in favor of the resurrection.”

[“There is no repentance in the grave”] 

{Source: W. H (Bible Problems and Answers, pp. 340-341)}

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